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Soundboard

Summer 2008

Air traffic control
The plumbing, the wiring, the leverage and links that get the wind where it's wanted: behind the scenes in some Edinburgh organs

Boss faces quiz
Arnold Myers, director of the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, faces a 60-second grilling

Summer 2006

Friends' Founder Donates Ruckers Harpsichord
Professor Peter Williams gives back on loan his 1609 Andreas Ruckers harpsichord

Inauguration of the Rodger Mirrey Collection
Award of Distinction of University Benefactor is conferred on Dr Mirrey

New Laigh Room Exhibition is Unveiled
Gallery for plucked string instruments created at St Cecilia's Hall

Schools Day for Young Harpsichord Players
Hands-on experience of historic instruments for young musicians

St Cecilia's Bursary Report
Josephine Yannacopoulou reports on what she learned in Paris

Special Issue March 2006

Cover of special issue celebrating the arrival of the Rodger Mirrey Collection
This special full-colour issue of Soundboard is on sale from the Friends, price 10 pounds sterling

Winter 2005

Representations of Music in Art
Emily Peppers givers a taster of her musical iconography course

Sampling the Past: a Technological Solution to Instrument Preservation
Kenny McAlpine describes how digital reconstructions allow unlimited playing of virtual historic keyboard instruments

Summer 2005

Recording at St Cecilia's Hall
How the recording Instruments from the Russell Collection II was made

La Guitarra Española
The guitar music of Gaspar Sanz

Grant O'Brien
Survey of the contributions of the outgoing Director/Curator of the Russell Collection

Darryl Martin
Interview with the incoming Curator of Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments

The Veterinary Connection
Associations between St Cecilia's Hall and veterinary education in ninteenth-century Edinburgh

Winter 2004-05

Inharmonicity, Harpsichords and the Falkener
Problems and solutions in the re-stringing of a harpsichord

The University's Museums and Galleries Office
Behind the scenes co-ordination of the collections around the University

Early English Harpsichords
New light on the "native transitional" harpsichords

Summer 2004

Sixty Seconds with Soundboard
An interview with David McGuinness, Director of Scotland's leading baroque ensemble Concerto Caledonia.

Renaissance instruments in Freiberg Cathedral
An article detailing the sensational discovery and scientific examination of renaissance instruments in Freiberg Cathedral.

The University's other Instrument Collection
An explanation of the differences between Edinburgh University's music collections and an exploration of the historic instruments at the Reid Concert Hall.

The Usher Hall Organ
Edinburgh City Organist, John Kitchen, tells all about the Usher Hall Organ and its recent refurbishment.