Web URL: http://cimcim.icom.museum/ixup.html
See also Abstracts of the Papers
February 1997 Dear CIMCIM Colleagues: We look forward to seeing you at the CIMCIM meetings in Washington in May. Enclosed you will find information relating to the schedule of events, registration, housing, travel, and other important details relating to both the CIMCIM meetings and those of the American Musical Instrument Society which immediately follows CIMCIM. We hope that as many of you as possible can stay on for those meetings. In addition to this letter, the contents of this mailing includes: CIMCIM: Schedule CIMCIM Registration Form Electronic and Publications Fair Reply Travel Information Hotel Response Form and Information about Alternative Housing AMIS: Cover letter Schedule AMIS Registration Form Summary of Washington Events During Your Stay A few general comments: Pre-Conference Tour: There were not enough subcribers for the Pre- Conference Tour so the one-day excursion on Saturday, May 10, to Virginia (including a visit to the Workshop of Thomas and Barbara Wolf, makers of harpsichords and fortepianos) and to tourist attractions in the Washington area will replace that trip. We hope that many of you can arrive early to join us on that trip. (Extra fee: $30. See Registration Form). Tours of Collections: Because the public exhibition space for the musical instrument collections at both the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress is very limited, we have arranged for special tours to be given at both collections, with the most time set aside on Thursday, May 14 (possibility of informal morning tours of Smithsonian and Library collections plus a whole afternoon devoted to tours at the Smithsonian Museum Support Center in Southern Maryland) and on Friday afternoon, May 15 (informal tour at LC, special presentation and concert at the Smithsonian). We urge you to arrange your travel plans to include the joint CIMCIM/AMIS tours on those days. If you want to see specific instruments, please make arrangements in advance with Gary Sturm at the Smithsonian (same address as Cynthia Hoover) or Robert Sheldon at the Library of Congress (Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 20450, Phone 202 707-9083, Fax 202 707-0621). CIMCIM Schedule: As mentioned above, try to arrive in time to take the day trip on May 10 to the beautiful Virginia countryside and the Wolf Workshop. Lunch will be provided. We have left the evening free for you to eat at one of Washington's fine restaurants or to attend one of the attractions listed on the enclosed orange sheet. (You should make your own arrangements for tickets). The meetings begin officially on Sunday, May 11, at the Key Bridge Mariott Hotel with a Welcome from the officers and several hours for Working Group meetings. By mid-afternoon we go to the Mall to see Smithsonian museums, enjoy a simple buffet reception (provided by the Friends of Music at the Smithsonian) and attend a Smithsonian Chamber Music Concert. We look forward to learning much from the excellent presentations scheduled on May 12 and 13 relating to the theme "Musical Instrument Collections in the Electronic Age". CIMCIM members from Canada, France, Hungary, Japan, Slovenia, the U.K. and the U.S. are the presenters. Interspersed among the papers will be a look at the current Smithsonian exhibition on the Electric Guitar, and live demonstrations of various electronic instruments, including the electric guitar and the Theremin. The program on Monday, May 12, will end with a visit and a reception at the Library of Congress. On Tuesday, May 13, we will tour the exhibition on American musical theater Red, Hot, & Blue at the National Portrait Gallery before our CIMCIM Banquet. The formal CIMCIM sessions end on Wednesday, May 14, with the business meeting and reports from Working Groups. Electronic Showcase and Publications Fair: Although funding is not certain, on Wednesday afternoon, May 14, we hope to set up a special electronic exhibition for you to demonstrate examples of your use of new technology. We also will have tables available for display (and possibly exchange or sale) of publications, recordings, videos, and other material related to musical instruments produced by your museums or related to your work. We have invited members of AMIS and others in the museum and music community to join us. This event will be lively and worth visiting only if YOU participate. Please complete the pink form with your proposed display and your specific electronic needs and return by April 15. Registration: Because we have not yet identified funds that could underwrite many activities and meals, we have had to set the fee to cover the expenses of the receptions, banquet, bus, Metro, concert tickets, and other incidental expenses. Currently, you should be prepared to pay for all breakfasts and lunches, plus dinners on May 10, May 14 (we hope you'll join us in a local specialty of Maryland crabs), and May 16. Please note that the excursion on May 10 requires an extra fee. There will not be an additional fee for the tours on May 15 and May 16. Remember that all payments must be in US Dollars. Note the instructions for transfer of funds from your bank to the CIMCIM account by wire. Respond by 1 April for the lower rate. Travel: Washington is served by three airports. International flights arrive at Dulles International and Baltimore-Washington International. Domestic flights arrive at Washinton National Airport (Those arriving at JFK in New York would probably transfer to a flight arriving at Washington National). See more information on the Travel Sheet. Within Washington, we'll try to get around by the Metro as much as possible. Hotel: On the blue sheets you will find the reservation form for the Key Bridge Mariott Hotel. YOU should make your own reservations. These must be made by April 19, 1997, in order to get the conference rate. We urge everyone who can to stay there (split the cost with a roommate or two). The two alternative sites are listed on the second blue sheet. Again, make your own arrangements, by either calling the Kalorama Guest House directly or for Marymount University dormitory rooms by getting in touch with Tina Chancey, a member of the AMIS Local Arrangements Committee (and excellent performer with Hesperus who will play for us on May 14). Best regards, Cynthia Adams Hoover
Meeting of CIMCIM
The International Committee for Musical Instrument Museums and
Collections of ICOM
May 10-14, 1997, Washington, D.C.
THEME: Musical Instrument Collections in the Electronic Age
Subject to Change
Saturday, May 10 (Optional. Extra fee: $30)
10:00 Bus to The Plains, Virginia, for box lunch and tour of
the workshop of Thomas and Barbara Wolf, makers of
harpsichords and forte pianos
14:30 Return to Washington by bus.
Short bus tour of some of the main attractions of the area.
Return to hotel.
Free evening. Dinner on your own.
Sunday, May 11
09:00-12:00 Introductory meeting of CIMCIM at Key Bridge Marriott Hotel
09:00-10:00 Welcome from officers, organization of Working
Group schedules
10:00-12:00 Working Group Meetings
12:00-13:00 Lunch on your own
13:00-15:00 Working Groups
15:00 Bus or Metro to the Mall. Tour of Smithsonian Museums
17:30 Buffet Reception at The National Museum of American
History (NMAH)
19:30 Concert: A Party of Four: String Quartet of the
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
22:00 Return to hotel.
Monday, May 12
08:30 Bus to NMAH
09:00- 12:00 Welcome from Smithsonian Notables at Information Age
Theatre NMAH
Paper Session I
CONSERVATION
John Watson: Old Technologies Meet New - Current Work at
Colonial Williamsburg
Zoltan Janosy and Janos Macsai: Digital Archiving and
Restoration of Reproducing
Piano Rolls
Exhibitions and Virtual Tours
Darja Koter: Light and Sound in Exhibitions in the
Landscape Museum, Ptuj
Elizabeth Wells: A Virtual Tour of Keyboard Instruments at
the Royal College of Music Museum
Scott Odell and Gary Sturm: Virtual Banjo - A multimedia
history of the banjo for
presentation as a touch
screen kiosk exhibition
12:00-14:00 Lunch (on your own)
Tour of Hall of Musical Instruments (especially electric
guitars and Theremin)
14:00-16:30 Paper Session II at Information Age Theatre
PRESENTING NEW INSTRUMENTS AND NEW WAYS OF TEACHING
Jim Fricke: Combining Exhibits, Public Programs, and the
Internet to Teach Guitar History
Marie France Calas: The Future for Electronic Instruments
in Museums
Joseph Johnson: The Video Classroom
ASSESSING NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Sumi Gunji: The Interpretation of the Musical Instrument
in the Electronic Age.
Carmelle Begin: For better or for Worse - Are New
Technologies Helping Our Curatorial Role ?
16:30 Bus to the Library of Congress
17:00-19:30 Tour of musical instruments at the Music Division, Library
of Congress
Reception at LC
Free Evening. Return to hotel by Metro.
Tuesday, May 13
08:30-10:30 CIMCIM Working Groups at the Hotel
10:30 Bus to NMAH
11:00-12:30 Paper Session III at Information Age Theatre, NMAH
DOCUMENTATION
Helene La Rue: Constructing a Database for the Oxford
Collections
Kazue Nakamizo: Multimedia Database for the Musical
Instrument Collection in Kunitachi
Darcy Kuronen: Musical Instruments in New England:
Compiling a Regional Database
12:30-14:00 Lunch (on your own)
14:00-16:30 Paper Session IV at Information Age Theatre
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC ON THE WEB
Bill Yardley: Publishing on the Web - It's More Than Just
Interactive
Carol Lynn Flanigan and Morgan Cundiff: Musical Instruments
of the Library of
Congress on the Web
Presentation of Smithsonian Collections - Hall of Musical
Instruments
16:30 Bus to National Portrait Gallery
17:00-18:30 Tour of Exhibition: Red, Hot & Blue
19:00-21:00 CIMCIM BANQUET - at place to be determined
Greetings from U.S. ICOM
Wednesday, May 14
08:00-09:45 Electronic Fair Set Up at Ripley Center 3111
10:00-12:00 CIMCIM Business Meeting at NMAH
Reports of Working Groups at NMAH
12:00-13:30 Lunch (on your own)
Joint CIMCIM/AMIS Meetings
13:30-16:00 Electronic Showcase and Publications Fair at Ripley Center
3111
16:30 Bus to Wisconsin Avenue (past embassies, through Georgetown)
17:00-19:00 Dinner at Dancing Crab on Wisconsin Avenue (Dinner not
included in the Registration fee)
19:30 Concert: Hesperus at St. Columba's Episcopal Church
Cross-over repertory
22:00 Metro back to the Hotel
Thursday, May 15 (Optional. First day of AMIS meetings)
09:00-17:00 Registration and Exhibits open for AMIS at Key Bridge
Marriott Hotel
09:00-11:30 Opportunity to visit musical instrument collections at
Library of Congress and the Smithsonian's National Museum
of American History (actual visit 09:30-11:00)
11:30-13:00 Lunch (on your own)
13:00-17:00 Visit to the Smithsonian Museum Support Center (Silver
Hill, MD; visit time 13:30-16:30)
Choice of activities, in three 60-minute sessions, will
include visits to the conservation labs, the storage pods,
the musical instrument annex in Building 18, and the
anthropology reference department; also,
AMIS Panel Discussion I: Conservation and Copies of
Antique Musical Instruments 1972-1997
17:30-18:15 Lecture-Recital at Key Bridge Marriott Hotel
Allan Atlas: The Wheatstone English Concertina
18:15-20:00 Reception (with Jazz Combo) Courtesy of Sotheby's at Key
Bridge Marriott Hotel
Friday, May 16 (Optional. Second day of AMIS meetings)
09:00-12:00 AMIS Registration and Exhibits open
09:00-11:30 Opportunity to visit musical instrument collections at
Library of Congress
09:00-10:00 AMIS Paper Session I: AMIS 1972 Revisited
Edmund Bowles: Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Ernst Pfundt -
a pivotal relationship between Composer
and Timpanist
Betty Austin Hensley: Indigenous Flutes of Africa
Alexander Murray: Further Variations on a Theme of
Theobald Boehm, 1972- 1997
10:00-10:30 Refreshment Break
10:30-12:00 AMIS Paper Session II: Stringed Keyboard Instruments
Linda Cockey: The Bach/Gainsborough Circle and the Rococo
Piano
Kenneth Mobbs: Dynamic and Tonal Variation: The Pedal
Effects Obtainable on Three London Keyboard
Instruments
David Sutherland: Toward a Description of the Florentine
School of Cembalo-Making as Centered in
the Works of Barolomeo Cristofori
12:00-13:00 Lunch (on your own)
13:00-15:30 Opportunity to visit musical instrument collections at
Library of Congress
13:00-15:30 Opportunity to attend presentation by staff members about
musical instrument collections at the Smithsonian
Institution - at Hall of Musical Instruments NMAH
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 AMIS Panel Discussion II: Performance Practices,
1972-1997: NMAH
16:45-18:00 Concert (Hall of Musical Instruments)
18:00-18:15 Procession across the Mall to the Smithsonian Castle, with
music
18:15-19:30 Reception (Smithsonian Castle)
See also Abstracts of the Papers
AMIS Meetings continue on Saturday, May 17, and Sunday morning, May 18.
See the AMIS schedule
CIMCIM MEETINGS
Washington, DC
May 11-14, 1997
REGISTRATION FORM
Name: ___________________________________________________________________
(Print or type your name as you with to have it appear on your name
tag)
Address: ________________________________________________________________
(Print or type your affiliation if you wish to have it appear on
your name tag)
_________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip: ________________________________________________________
Country: _______________________________________________________________
Home Phone: ____________________________________________________________
Work Phone: ____________________________________________________________
FAX: ___________________________________________________________________
Email: _________________________________________________________________
I. REGISTRATION
Early registration (arriving on or before 1 April, 1997) $120
Late Registration (after 1 April) $145
Wolf Workshop and Washington Area Tour, May 10 $30
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED
Make check payable to "CIMCIM '97". Please enclose payment in U.S.
Dollars only. Please note that payment for the CIMCIM meeting has to be
separate from any payment to AMIS, and that payment must be by U.S.
bank check or by bank wire transfer not by credit card.
Enclosed is my check for ______________ in U.S. Dollars only and
negotiable through a US. Bank.
I am requesting my bank to transfer the amount of ______________
to the following:
To wire funds directly from another bank to the CIMCIM
Washington Account, wire it to the Riggs Bank through bank
routing number 054000030, Attention: CIMCIM Account number
17147834.
II. OPTIONAL DAYS
I will attend the joint CIMCIM/AMIS tours and sessions on May
15 and 16.
III. HOUSING (See enclosed information for details)
I am staying at the Key Bridge Marriott and understand that I
make my reservation directly with the hotel [ ]
See Hotel Registration form
I am staying at Marymount College and have contacted Tina
Chancey by 1 April [ ]
I am reserving a room at the Kalorama Guest House (Phone
202 328-0860) [ ]
Return this form with check or payment information BY 1 APRIL to:
Cynthia Adams Hoover
Division of Cultural History NMAH 4127
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A.
CIMCIM MEETINGS
Washington, DC
May 11-14, 1997
REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTRONIC AND PUBLICATION FAIR
Name: __________________________________________________________________
(Print or type your name as you with to have it appear on your
name tag)
Address: _______________________________________________________________
(Print or type your affiliation if you wish to have it appear on
on your name tag)
________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip: ________________________________________________________
Country: _______________________________________________________________
Home Phone: ____________________________________________________________
Work Phone: ____________________________________________________________
FAX: ___________________________________________________________________
Email: _________________________________________________________________
ELECTRONIC AND PUBLICATIONS FAIR Wednesday, May 14, 1997
I would like to demonstrate the use of technology at the
Electronic Showcase. If funding can be secured, we expect to be
able to provide a limited number of computers for the Fair. We
can provide the following configurations:
Pentium based com puters with Win95, Pentium based computers
with Win 3.1, or Macintosh computers. Any of these can be
connected to the Internet, with Netscape web browser installed.
Alternately, you may bring your application on a laptop
computer, and we could provide a larger external monitor.
Please describe the specific hardware and software that YOU
will provide and the hardware and software that you are
requesting that WE provide. Confirguration details will be
confirmed via your e-mail address listed above. Specify the
name and nature of the application you wish to demonstrate.
I will bring publications, recordings, and videos produced by
our museum (or relating to our work) for display and possibly
for exchange or sale. A list of these productions (and the
amount of space needed to display them) accompanies this form.
Return this form BY 1 APRIL to:
Cynthia Adams Hoover
Division of Cultural History NMAH 4127
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
AMIS/CIMCIM Annual Meeting 1997
Washington, DC, is served by three airports--Washington National, Dulles
International, and Baltimore-Washington International (BWI). If you
have a choice, come to National since it is closest to the hotel.
Dulles is also convenient. BWI is farther away, but still a
possibility. Washington is also served by train; the arrival point is
Union Station (1st Street and Massachusetts Ave., NE). Amtrak's
Metroliner service from New York City takes about 3 hours. Amtrak and
MARC trains also connect with BWI airport. Following are detailed
directions for getting to the conference hotel, the Key Bridge Marriott.
1. If you are driving
NORTHBOUND: I-95 to I-395 North, take Exit 8-B to Washington
Boulevard (Rosslyn). Follow Washington Blvd. to Route 50 West
(Rosslyn). Exit at Rosslyn/Key Bridge. At top of exit ramp, turn right
onto North Lynn Street. Continue to fifth traffic light. Turn left on
Lee Highway. Hotel is visible and on the right.
SOUTHBOUND: I-95 South or I-270 South to West I-495 (Northern
Virginia). Follow I-495 to George Washington Memorial Parkway (Exit 14)
toward Washington. Go approximately 8 miles, then take Key Bridge exit.
Hotel will be straight ahead.
Note: From 7:00am-9:00am, Monday-Friday, the Key Bridge exit
from George Washington Parkway is closed--use Alternate Eastbound
directions, below.
ALTERNATE SOUTHBOUND: Continue on I-495 West to I-66 Eastbound
(left-lane Exit 12-A). Follow I-66 approximately 10 miles to Exit 73
(Rosslyn/Key Bridge); you are now on Lee Hgwy. Continue half mile and
turn left at the first light (Nash Street). Hotel will be straight
ahead.
Note: I-66 Eastbound is restricted to HOV-2 (two passengers per
vehicle) from 6:30am-9:00am. If traveling alone between those hours,
use Alternate Eastbound directions below.
EASTBOUND: I-66 East to Exit 73 (Rosslyn/Key Bridge). You are
now on Lee Highway. Continue half mile and turn left at the first light
(Nash Street). Hotel will be straight ahead.
Note: I-66 Eastbound is restricted to HOV-2 (two passengers per
vehicle) from 6:30am-9:00am. If traveling alone between those hours,
use Alternate Eastbound directions below.
ALTERNATE EASTBOUND: I-66 East to I-495 South to Route 50 East
exit. Follow Route 50 approximately 12 miles to Rosslyn/Key Bridge
exit. You will be on North Lynn Street. Continue on N. Lynn to fifth
traffic light. Turn left on Lee Highway. Hotel is visible and on the
right.
2. From the Airports
A. By Car
DULLES: Take the Dulles Access Road to the I-66 East exit.
Follow I-66 approximately 10 miles to Exit 73 (Rosslyn/Key Bridge); you
will be on Lee Highway. Continue half mile and turn left at first light
(Nash Street). Hotel is straight ahead. Note: I-66 Eastbound is
restricted to HOV-2 (two passengers per vehicle) from 6:30am-9:00am. If
traveling alone between those hours, use Alternate Eastbound directions
above.
NATIONAL: Follow signs to Route 50 West. Take Rt. 50 connector
to Rosslyn/Key Bridge exit. At top of exit ramp turn right onto North
Lynn Street. Continue to fifth traffic light. Turn left on Lee
Highway. Hotel is visible and on the right.
B. By Taxi
NATIONAL: Taxi service is approximately $11.00 to the hotel,
with a surcharge of $1.00 per extra person and $.50 per extra bag.
DULLES: Taxi service is approximately $36.00 to the hotel, with
a surcharge of $1.00 per extra person and $.50 per extra bag.
C. By Metrorail
NATIONAL: Take a Blue Line train toward Addison Road. Get off
at the fifth stop, Rosslyn. At top of long escalator, exit left through
turnstiles, then turn left and immediately right, up a flight of steps
to Fort Meyer Drive. Turn right (against traffic flow) and walk two
blocks to the hotel, on the far side of Lee Highway. Fare is $1.10
off-peak, $1.25 during rush hour.
DULLES: There is no direct Metrorail service, but you can take
the Washington Flyer shuttle bus (fare $8.00) to the West Falls Church
station. From there, take an Orange Line train toward New Carrollton.
Get off at the sixth stop, Rosslyn, and follow walking directions,
above, to the hotel.
3. From Union Station
A. By Taxi: Fare is approximately $10.00 (D.C. taxis use a
flat-rate zone system. Virginia taxis are metered, based on time and
distance.)
B. By Metrorail: Take a Red Line train toward Shady Grove to
the [Athird stop, Metro Center. Change to either an Orange Line train
toward Vienna or a Blue Line train toward Van Dorn St. Get off at the
fourth stop, Rosslyn. At top of long escalator, exit left through
turnstiles, then turn left and immediately right, up a flight of steps
to Fort Meyer Drive. Turn right (against traffic flow) and walk two
blocks to the hotel, on the far side of Lee Highway. Fare is $1.10
off-peak, $1.25 during rush hour.
Key Bridge Marriott Hotel
1401 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22209
703-524-6400
AMIS/CIMCIM Annual Meeting 1997
HOTEL INFORMATION
The hotel for the 1997 meeting is the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington,
Virginia, conveniently located on the Potomac River just across from
historic Georgetown, with its unique restaurants and shops, and within
easy walking distance to the Rosslyn station on Washington's excellent
Metrorail subway system. Most AMIS paper sessions will take place at
the hotel, as will the opening reception and the banquet. Hotel
amenities include an indoor/outdoor swimming pool, exercise room and
saunas, and a top-floor restaurant offering elegant dinners with
panoramic views of the Washington skyline.
Conference rates are: $121 (+9.75% tax) single; $127 (+9.75% tax) double
The double rooms have two double beds. A roll-away bed can be added at
no extra cost.
To make your reservation, call 1-800-327-9789 or 703-524-6400 and
reference "American Musical Instrument Society and CIMCIM". A form from
the hotel is also enclosed for those who wish to mail or fax their
reservation information to the hotel.
Deadline for reservations is April 19, 1997. The hotel is holding a
block of rooms until April 19, but after this date reservation requests
will be accepted on a space- and/or rate-available basis.
Key Bridge Marriott Hotel 703-524-6400
1401 Lee Highway 1-800-327-9789 Reservations
Arlington, VA 22209 FAX 703-524-8964
Alternative Housing
We urge everyone to stay at the conference hotel for greater
convenience. Find a roommate (or several) and split up the cost. For
students and others on a shoe-string budget, however, we offer the
following possibilities for alternate housing.
Marymount University
Dorm rooms (two-room suites with shared bath)--singles at $29, doubles
at $49. Rooms are air-conditioned; breakfast is available for $6.
Occasional shuttle bus service available to the Ballston metro
station (four stops from the Rosslyn station, which is a 10-minute walk
from the conference hotel).
Tina Chancey will coordinate housing at Marymount. She is reachable by
regular mail at 3706 North 17th St., Arlington VA 22207. Contact her by
April 1, 1997 to make a reservation and arrange about payment.
Kalorama Guest House
Single or double rooms with shared bath $65 - $75 (+13% D.C. tax +
$1.50 per night room tax).
Breakfast included. Within walking distance of Woodley Park metro
station, which is a 20-minute ride plus a 10-minute walk from the
conference hotel. Payment may be by credit card (MasterCard, Visa,
American Express) or traveller's checks. Contact them as early as
possible to arrange about a room.
Telephone 202-328-0860.
Return form BY 19 APRIL to:-
Key Bridge Marriott Hotel 703-524-6400
1401 Lee Highway 1-800-327-9789 Reservations
Arlington, VA 22209 FAX 703-524-8964
Reference - American Musical Instrument Society and CIMCIM
Arrival date and time:__________________________________________________
(normal check-in after 15:00)
Departure date and time:________________________________________________
(normal check-out before 13:00)
Name:___________________________________________________________________
Company name:___________________________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Telephone: _____________________________________________________________
Number of people in room:___________
Room type (tick one): King $121.00 plus 9.75% tax [ ]
Double $127.00 plus 9.75% tax [ ]
Preferences: Accessible [ ]
Non-smoking [ ]
No preference [ ]
Method of payment (tick one): American Express [ ]
Diners Club/Carte Balnche [ ]
Discover [ ]
Mastercard / VISA [ ]
Air Plus / JCB [ ]
Card Number:____________________________________________________________
Exp. date: _________________________
Signature: ____________________________________________________________
Note - cancellation at short notice is chargeable at one night's room
and tax
January 1997 AMIS MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IN MAY We invite you to join the celebration of the society's first twenty-five years at the annual meeting in Washington, D.C., May 15-18, 1997. The first meeting of the newly-formed American Musical Instrument Society was held in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 1972. Now the society returns for a quarter-century look at the field of musical instruments. Over twenty scholars from Europe and America will present papers as we return to the single session format. There will be special 25th Anniversary panels on Conservation, Collecting and Collections, and Performance Practices, as well as several short concerts. Participants can visit the musical instrument collections at the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian musical collections on the Mall, and the Smithsonian Museum Support Center at a special facility in southern Maryland. We will be joined by colleagues from many countries attending the meetings of CIMCIM, the ICOM International Committee for Musical Instrument Museums and Collections. Bring your family and come early to enjoy the Washington area with its many attractions of monuments, museums, and performances. Check out the enclosed list that provides information about May attractions in Washington and make arrangements for your tickets now. Join CIMCIM members on Wednesday afternoon, May 14, to attend the "Electronic Fair", a display of the latest productions relating to musical instrument collections and museums using new electronic developments. You are also cordially invited on Wednesday evening to a special concert for CIMCIM and AMIS members performed by Hesperus, a Washington group known for its crossover of medieval and traditional American styles. And make your hotel reservations soon for Washington attracts many visitors in May. The AMIS program begins on Thursday, May 15. Although the sessions begin offically in the afternoon, there is the possibility of optional informal tours on Thursday morning of the collections at the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution's museums on the Mall. On Thursday afternoon, the schedule includes behind-the-scenes tours of the Smithsonian's Museum Support Center, a state of the art museum facility housing the Conservation Analytical Laboratory, impressive "pod" storage, and the reference center for the Department of Anthropology collections (which include many important musical instruments from around the world). The panel on Conservation is scheduled during this tour. The day concludes with a lecture-demonstration on concertinas and a lively opening reception provided through the generosity of Sotheby's. The first paper session on Friday, May 16, looks back to the founding meeting in 1972 as three AMIS members who gave papers at the organizing meeting present their current research. After an excellent session on keyboard instruments, followed by lunch, busses will transport members to the Mall to visit more collections, to hear other quarter-century perspectives in the panel on Performance Practices, a short concert on Smithsonian instruments, ending with a musical procession across the Mall to a reception at the Smithsonian "Castle". Saturday at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel, members can attend a session on wind instruments and participate in the popular Show and Tell session (see enclosed sheet for more details). After lunch, the panel on Collecting and Collections will comment on the nature of collecting over the past 25 years from the perspective of dealers, private and institutional collectors. The session on Local Traditions includes papers about ancient China, nineteenth-century Russia, Swiss zithers, and American Moravian trombone choirs. The day continues with the annual business meeting (presided over by AMIS President William Hettrick), reception and banquet (during which we honor the winners of the Society's prestigious awards) and the return of the lively benefit auction (see this newsletter for details on how you can contribute items). The meetings conclude on Sunday morning with excellent paper sessions on organs and musical instrument inventions. Every effort has been made to make the meetings as affordable as possible. Thanks to the efforts of AMIS Board Member Marlowe Sigal, a fund-raising campaign in honor of AMIS 25 will help to underwrite many of the activities and to help build the Society's Endowment Fund. As of this mailing Sotheby's of London and New York will provide our opening reception, and donations from members and other contributors are expected to cover other events. You are invited to join the celebration with your donation when you return your registration form. REMEMBER: Please return your Registration Form (and Show and Tell Form, if applicable) to Carolyn Bryant before April 11. And make your room reservation directly with the hotel by April 19. We look forward to seeing you in Washington in May ! Carolyn Bryant, Local Arrangements Chair Cynthia Adams Hoover, Program Chair for the AMIS 1997 Committee
26th Annual Meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society 15 -18 May 1997, Washington, D.C. Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. [Wednesday, May 14 to Friday, May 16 are Joint Activities with CIMCIM - see the CIMCIM schedule] Wednesday, May 14 13:30-16:00 Exhibits and demonstrations relating to CIMCIM meeting theme - "Musical Instruments in the Electronic Age" - Electronic Showcase and Publications Fair at Ripley Center 3111 19:30 Concert: Hesperus at St. Columba's Episcopal Church Cross-over repertory Thursday, May 15 09:00-17:00 Registration and Exhibits open 09:00-11:30 Opportunity to visit musical instrument collections at Library of Congress and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (actual visit 09:30-11:00) 11:30-13:00 Lunch (on your own) 13:00-17:00 Visit to the Smithsonian Museum Support Center (Silver Hill, MD; visit time 13:30-16:30) Choice of activities, in three 60-minute sessions, will include visits to the conservation labs, the storage pods, the musical instrument annex in Building 18, and the anthropology reference department; also, AMIS Panel Discussion I: Conservation and Copies of Antique Musical Instruments 1972-1997 17:30-18:15 Lecture-Recital at Key Bridge Marriott Hotel Allan Atlas: The Wheatstone English Concertina 18:15-20:00 Opening Reception Friday, May 16 09:00-12:00 AMIS Registration and Exhibits open 09:00-11:30 Opportunity to visit musical instrument collections at Library of Congress (actual visit from 09:30-11:00) 09:00-10:00 AMIS Paper Session I: AMIS 1972 Revisited (Chair: William J. Maynard) Edmund Bowles: Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Ernst Pfundt - a pivotal relationship between Composer and Timpanist Betty Austin Hensley: Indigenous Flutes of Africa Alexander Murray: Further Variations on a Theme of Theobald Boehm, 1972- 1997 10:00-10:30 Refreshment Break 10:30-12:00 AMIS Paper Session II: Stringed Keyboard Instruments (Chair: Edward L. Kottick) Linda Cockey: The Bach/Gainsborough Circle and the Rococo Piano Kenneth Mobbs: Dynamic and Tonal Variation: The Pedal Effects Obtainable on Three London Keyboard Instruments David Sutherland: Toward a Description of th Florentine School of Cembalo-Making as Centered in the Works of Barolomeo Cristofori 12:00-13:00 Lunch (on your own) 13:00-15:30 Opportunity to visit musical instrument collections at Library of Congress (actual visit from 13:30-15:00) 13:00-15:30 Opportunity to attend presentation by staff members about musical instrument collections at the Smithsonian Institution - at Hall of Musical Instruments NMAH 15:00-15:30 Break (bus to Smithsonian for those at Library of Congress) 15:30-16:30 AMIS Panel Discussion II: Performance Practices, 1972-1997: (Hall of Musical Instruments, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution) 16:45-18:00 Concert (Hall of Musical Instruments) 18:00-18:15 Procession across the Mall to the Smithsonian Castle, with musical accompaniment 18:15-19:30 Reception (Smithsonian Castle) Saturday, May 17 07:30-08:45 JAMIS Editorial Board Meeting and Breakfast 09:00-17:00 Registration and Exhibits open 09:00-10:30 Paper Session III: Wind Instruments (Chair: Susan Thompson) Arnold Myers and Raymond Parks; Taxonomy of the Brass Instrument Mouthpiece Joe R. Utley: First-Valve Half-Tone Brass Instruments - a Phase of Early Development Ardal Powell: One of These Things is Not Like the Others - Identifying Forgeries and Copies of Eighteenth-Century Flutes 10:30-11:00 Refreshment Break 11:00-12:00 Show and Tell 12:00-13:00 Lunch (on your own) 13:00-14:30 Panel Discussion III: Collecting and Collections, 1972- 1997 14:30-17:00 Paper Session IV: Local Traditions (Chair: Ken Moore) Helen Dunn Grinnell: Yayue Depicted on Ancient Chinese Bronzes Oleg V. Timofeyev: The Golden Age of the Russian Guitar, 1800-1850 - Repertoire and Social Function Refreshment Break (30 minutes) Brigette Bachmann-Geiser: The Swiss Halszither as a Descendant of the Renaissance Cittern Paul Larson: The Moravian Trombone Choir in America, 1750-1997 17:00-17:15 Break 17:15-18:00 Business meeting 18:00-19:00 Informal concert and reception (cash bar) 19:00 Banquet and Auction including presentation of Curt Sachs Award and Bessaraboff Prize Sunday, May 18 09:00-10:30 Paper Session V: Organs (Chair: Darcy Kuronen) Allison Alcorn-Oppedahl: The Life and Death of an Organ - the 1898 Hinners & Albertsen made for the Deutsches Evangelische Friedens Gemeinde, New Salem, N.D. Lee R. Garrett: Historically-Informed Instruments - American Organs, 1972-1997 Susan Harvey: Bellows and Swell - Musical Expression in American Reed-Organ Tutors 10:30-11:00 Break 11:00-12:00 Paper Session VI: Inventions Josianne Bran-Ricci: The Romantic Melophone: A Cousin of the Harmonium Carolyn R. Simons: Pedals and Cranks, Wheels and Bows - A History of Mechanically Bowed Keyboard Instruments.
American Musical Instrument Society
26th Annual Meeting
Washington, DC; May 15-18, 1997
REGISTRATION FORM
Registration
_____ $75 Early registration (Postmarked on or before 11 April
1997)
_____ $85 Late & on-site registration
_____ $60 Early student registration (Postmarked on or before 11
April 1997)
_____ $70 Late & on-site student registration
_____ $30 One-day registration
Saturday Evening Banquet
_____ $30
_____ $20 Student
Please check menu selection:
_____ Chicken Breast Forestiere with creamy mushroom/cognac sauce
_____ Seared Salmon Amandine with almonds & lemon herb sauce
_____ Vegetarian dinner
______ Donation to 25th Year Fund
_______ TOTAL
Make check payable to "AMIS MEETING 1997" in U.S. dollars ONLY, or fill
out credit card information at bottom of form.
Name:___________________________________________________________________
(as you wish to have it on your name tag)
Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________
(if you wish to have it on your name tag)
Address:________________________________________________________________
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MAIL THIS FORM WITH CHECK OR PAYMENT INFORMATION TO:
Carolyn Bryant
5206 Chandler Street
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Note new address and phone)
TOURS: The following tours are free, but we would like to know which
you plan to attend (note that some are concurrent with other tours or
with paper sessions):
1. Tour of Library of Congress musical instrument collections (group
sizes limited, please indicate preferred time)
(a) Thursday, May 15, 09-11:30 [ ]
(b) Friday, May 16, 09-11:30 [ ]
(c) Friday, May 16, 13:00-15:30 [ ]
2. Free time at Smithsonian Institution, Thursday, May 15, 09-11:30
Yes [ ] No [ ]
3. Tour of Smithsonian Museum Support Center, Thursday, 13:00 - 17:00
Yes [ ] No [ ]
4. Tour of Smithsonian Institution musical instrument collection,
Friday, May 16, 13:00-15:30
Yes [ ] No [ ]
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ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON, MAY 11-18, 1997
The following information is as of January 2, 1997. Things may change,
and some agencies don't yet know their spring schedules.
Theatres, Musicals, and Opera
Folger Theatre, National Theatre: Nothing scheduled at that time.
Washington Opera: season finished
Arena Stage, 6th St. and Maine Ave. SW (Box Office 202-488-3300):
Ibsen, Ghosts: May 13 (opening), 14 (Press night), 15-18
Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George: April 12- June 18
Ford's Theatre: don't yet know the spring show
Kennedy Center (Box Office 202-467-4600):
Opera House: The King and I, April 16-May 18
Eisenhower Theatre: Valley Song, April 19-May 18
Shear Madness, always
Shakespeare Theatre, 450 7th St. NW (Box Office 202-393-2700):
O'Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra, May 13-18
Concerts:
Kennedy Center (Box Office 202-467-4600):
Terrace Theatre: Washington Ballet, Spring Series, May 14-18
Concert Hall: closed for renovation
National Symphony (Tickets: 202-467-4600):
Pops with Marvin Hamlisch, Constitution Hall, 18th and D Sts. NW,
May 16-17
Rock Creek Chamber Players:
free chamber music concert (information 202-337-8710)
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (at Medical Center
Metro stop, Red Line), May 18, 15:00
Smithsonian Chamber Music Program (information 202-357-1707):
Party of 4 (resident string quartet)
National Museum of American History, Hall of Musical Instruments,
May 11, 19:30
Violins of Lafayette (original instruments ensemble) (tickets:
202-347-3601):
concert of French Baroque music
Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW, May 18, 17:30 and 19:30
Washington Performing Arts Society: season completed
Museum and Gallery Exhibits:
[The following are special exhibits, in addition to permanent exhibits in
these museums and galleries.]
Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW (information 202-639-1700):
The Peale Family: Creation of a Legacy, April 25-July 6
National Gallery of Art, Constitution Ave., 3rd-7th Sts. NW (information
202-737-4215):
Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906, March 30-July 27
The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW (at Q St., 1 block from Dupont
Circle Metro Station, Q St. exit) (information 202-387-2151):
Pastels by Joan Mitchell, March 8-June 22
Smithsonian Institution Museums (information 202-357-2700):
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Asian Art), 1050 Independence Ave. SW:
King of the World: A Mughal Manuscript from the Royal Library,
Windsor Castle, May 18-November 2
Arts and Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive SW:
Stories of the People (organized by National Museum of the
American Indian), August 10, 1996- August 10, 1997
Jazz Age in Paris, April 25-July 13
Freer Gallery of Art (mostly Asian art), Jefferson Drive at 12th St. SW:
Crosscurrents in Chinese and Islamic Ceramics (ending Spring,
1997, date not announced)
Seto and Mino Ceramics (ending May, 1997, date not announced)
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (modern and contemporary
art), Independence Ave. at 7th St. SW:
Directions: Juan Munoz (Spanish sculptor), February 27-June 15
National Air and Space Museum, Independence Ave. and 7th St. SW:
How Things Fly (new permanent exhibit), from September 20, 1996
Space Race (new permanent exhibit), from April, 1997
National Museum of American Art, 8th and G Sts. NW:
Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America, April 4-August 3
The Renwick Gallery at Twenty-Five, March 14-July 13, at the Renwick
Gallery, 17th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW
National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Sts. NW:
Image of the President: Photographs by George Tames, through
September 1
Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon
Collection, through September 14
Red, Hot & Blue: A Salute to American Musicals, October 25,
1996-July 6, 1997
See also Abstracts of the Papers
Comments on this page to Arnold Myers, Vice-President CIMCIM, or to Cynthia Adams Hoover, NMAH 4127, MRC 616/ Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 20560, U.S.A. Cynthia Adams Hoover is the Program Chair of the 1997 CIMCIM Conference.
Address for further information
The page updated: 24.3.97