The Care of Historic Musical Instruments

Edited by Robert L. Barclay

This book was published by the Museums & Galleries Commission, the Canadian Conservation Institute and the International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections of the International Council of Museums in 1997 with financial assistance from the John S. Cohen Foundation.

Printed copies are available from The Canadian Conservation Institute and UK stockists

The full text is now available online through the CIMCIM website (large file: 332 kB). The links below lead to the full text.

Preliminaries
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 :: Ethics and the Use of Instruments
Chapter 2 :: Instruments in Their Environment
Chapter 3 :: General Care of Musical Instrument Collections

Chapter 4 :: Materials
Chapter 5 :: Basic Conservation Treatments
Chapter 6 :: Basic Maintenance of Playing Instruments
Chapter 7 :: Documentation
Bibliography

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