In article <[log in to unmask]>, "Henry B. Crawford"
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>
>I'm seeking advice from anyone with experience with stringed instruments in
>their collections, particularly violins and the like. Specifically, I want
>to know how such instruments are dealt with in collection storage. I want
>to accept a donation of a special violin, but I have concerns about caring
>for it.
>
O.K. Henry: One of the authorities is bound to be John Koster, the conser-
vator at the Shrine to Music Museum in Vermillion, SD. Don't have e-mail
address, but you can call him at 605/677-5306.
Claudia Nicholson
Curator of Collections
South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre
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