Dear Jerrie:

During the 1989(?) ICOM Meeting in Den Hague, we visited a Musical
Instrument Museum located - using the principle of adapative re-use of
historic structures - in an 17th Century cathedral (all of the
architectural elements of that museum's usage were designed to be
free-standing and capable of being removed without destroying the
historic fabric of the building itself).  However, the real magic of
this museum was the sound of these instruments being played as we viewed
them - and the invitation to dance in a music hall exhibit.  Almost as
magical as the Butterfly Garden in Nice!!!!!

On the subject of Halon replacement, I waited until later in the day to
see if you recieved any responce.  If you will contact me off-list, I
will attempt to help you on this subject.

Kind Regards

Roger Wulff


Jerrie Clarke wrote:
>
> Since this strain is still going, I'll add one of the most memorable museums
> I've seen; a muscial instrument museum in Vienna.  I can't remember the name
> and I can't remember all of the instruments.  However, I do remember
> wandering through 3 floors of strange and wonderful instruments.  Besides
> the famous-composer piano-fortes and harpsichords, there were odd and
> interesting instruments that apparently were not used very long. As a young
> musician, I was pretty awed by this museum.
>
> The real reason for this post is to ask a question about Halon replacement.
> We are preparing CIP proposals to the City who owns our buildings, and we
> are thinking of replacing our Halon system with another form of fire
> suppression.  I have two web sites with fire suppression information that I
> saved from a previous discussion. (http://www.harc.org/  and
> http://www.fireline.com/firesuppressionsystems/firesuppressionsystems.html)
> However, we would like to know if museums are actively replacing Halon
> systems and with what are they replacing them?
>
> Jerrie
>
> Jerrie Clarke
> Curator of Collections
> Valdez Museum
> http://www.alaska.net/~vldzmuse/index.html
>
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