Including papers read at the CIMCIM meeting, Nagycenk, Hungary, September 1996, exploring regional variations in instrument making, and the historical, geographical and environmental factors which have determined them. The papers also discuss the implications of these variations for museum acquisition policies and the interpretation of collections.

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Preface: Sumi Gunji, Tokyo. Preserving a Violin-Making Tradition in its Historial Context: Die Allemanische Schule - Second Edition of Olga Adelmann's Monograph: Annette Otterstedt, Berlin. German Bow-Making Tradition - a Wide Span in Quality, or: When is a Bow Worth Collecting ?: Rudolf Hopfner, Vienna. Violin Making in Berlin - Artists, Craftsmen, Scholars, and Businessmen: Martin Elste, Berlin. Regional Schools of Instrument-Making in France: their Representation in Public Collections: Florence Gé:treau, Paris. Preserving Pennsylvania German Instruments: Laurence Libin, New York. Traditions and Individualism in Canadian Instrument Making: Carmelle Bégin, Hull, Québec. Regional Tradition in the Making of Short-Necked Lutes: Sumi Gunji, Tokyo. The Vessel Flute in Ukraine: Raisa Husak, Kiev. Field Documentation of Instrument Making in Traditional Cultures: Collecting Interpretive Data Based on an Example from the Guarijio Indians of Mexico: J. Richard Haefer, Tempe, Arizona. Wood, Bronze and Bamboo: Among Instrument Makers in Guichow Province, China 1989: Hélène La Rue, Oxford.

Papers read at the CIMCIM meeting, Antwerp, July 1993, bringing together members' experiences with copies of museum instruments and exploring the philosophical and technical problems of copying.

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Introduction: Jeannine Lambrechts-Douillez, Antwerp. Reflections on the "Authenticity" of Musical Instruments: Martin Elste, Berlin. The "Exact Copy" as a Legitimate Goal: John Koster, Vermillion. Measure for Measurement: Eszter Fontana, Budapest. Radiographing Musical Instruments: a Useful Method in Organological Research: Mia Awouters, Brussels. The Provision of Plans: Jeremy Montagu, Oxford. Materials from Endangered Species in Musical Instruments: Laurence Libin, New York. The Clavicytherium (c 1480) and its "copy" in the Royal College of Music Museum, London: Elizabeth Wells, London. Building Biblical Instruments: Nina Benzoor, Haifa, Israel.

This publication addresses the needs for training in musical instrument conservation by presenting the results of a worldwide questionnaire survey, and by discussing personal experiences with training in museums. The publication is in three parts: "A Survey on Training for Musical Instrument Conservators" which outlines the findings from the questionnaire; a paper by Friedemann Hellwig entitled "The Conservator of Musical Instruments: A Critical Analysis of the Position and Tasks in the Museum"; and a second paper by John Koster entitled "The Role of the Musical Instrument Conservator."

CIMCIM recognised the need for a document addressing conservation and restoration of musical instruments after concerns had been expressed that restorations continued to be undertaken that were unacceptable ethically. Although it was agreed that museum codes of ethics and other published works already covered this ground, it was nevertheless felt that curators and restorers of musical instruments did not necessarily have access to these publications. This document was formulated to facilitate access to relevant material. It consists of twenty annotated entries on a wide range of musical instrument topics, including care and maintenance, codes of ethics, safe practices, and the concerns of display and performance. An address list of all publishers referred to in the text is provided.

Contents include: Three museums described by their own staff; Report of the Basic Concepts Working Group; Report of the Pedagogical Approach Working Group; Report of the Conservation and Security Working Group

Contents include: The reserve collection - a public facility at risk; A problem of terminology; Cataloguing standards for instrument collections; The former states of the so called Bach-Cembalo; A mid-sixteenth century Italian cittern at the University of South Dakota; The C.G. Conn Company: a retrospective; Dendrochronological analysis of European string instruments; Problems of authenticity of sixteenth century stringed instruments; The Bad Säckingen Trumpet Museum; "TAIKO KAN"

Contents include: Typologie et classification en organologie musicale; Towards a classification of musical instruments for the use of non-specialised museums; Los vasos silbadores del Museo Dr Emilio Azzarini; Musical and sound reproducing instruments in the Buenos Aires Museums; Über traditionelle Handwerkstechniken; A select bibliography of bark conservation

Contents include: Typologie et classification en organologie musicale: perspective muséographique; Classification - cordophones

Contents include: Extracts from a computer database of pianos; The new [Berlin] musical instruments museum, its activities and concepts; The Witten-Rawlins Collection: the mounting of a permanent exhibit; An Italian harpsichord at the Museo de Arte Decorativo; Some notes on Japanese Drum Making; Categories of documentation; Pitch notation: a plea to end confusion; A new gallery of musical instruments: Royal Ontario Museum; The acquisition, use and restoration of wind instruments in collections; Classification - aerophones

Contents include: Recomendations on access to musical instruments; The musical instrument collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Contents include: On the prehistory and foundation of CIMCIM; On the occasion of Victor Luithlen's 80th birthday; Abstracts of papers read in Mexico City; A new permanent exhibition at Ringve Museum, Trondheim; On problems of the documentation of musical instruments; Preparing an inventory of musical instruments in nonspecialised museums: for example in Saxony

Contents include: Recollections of the Leipzig Conference Quelques considérations d'order pratique à propos de l'exposition itinérant 1973-1973 "Les instruments de musique au XVIII siècle: France-Grande Bretagne"; CIMCIM Colloqy at Burgdorf, April 10 to 13, 1980; The international periodical literature dealing with musical instruments

Contents include: The Fiftieth Birthday of the Leipzig Museum of Musical Instruments

Contents include: Encounters with Emanuel Winternitz; The Collection of Historic Musical Instruments at the Germanic National Museum, Nuremberg; La Lumière dans les salles d'exposition; Musical life in the Zurich area between 1765 and 1812

Contents include: In memory of Geneviève Thibault, Madame H. de Chambure; Merkmale, die zur umschreibung bestimmer Typen von Instrumenten der europäischen Kunstmusik in der Systematik von E.M. von Hornbostel und C. Sachs fehlen, mit versuchweiser einordnung dieser Merkmale in die genannte Systematik; Fiche organologique CIMCIM

Contents include: Musical instruments in public and private collections in Switzerland

Contents include: History of CIMCIM and IAMIC; The documentation of musical instruments