National Music Museum 2009-2010 Annual...

National Music Museum 2009-2010 Annual Report


ON THE COVER:

NMM 14470. Violin, The King Henry IV, by Antonio and Girolamo Amati, Cremona, ca. 1595. Ex colls.: King Henry IV, France; King Louis XVIII, France; François de Bassompierre and family, France; Jean Baptiste Cartier, Paris; George Hart, London; Royal de Forest Hawley, Hartford, Connecticut; Albert Hastings Pitkin, Hartford; Lyon & Healy, Chicago; Edmund V. Bukolt, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; The Copernicus Cultural Foundation, Chicago. Purchase funds gift of Kevin Schieffer, Sioux Falls, South

Dakota.

NMM 14470 on display at the NMM.


About the NMM 3

Board of Trustees 4

Director’s Message 6

Financial Highlights 7

Acquisitions 8

Faculty and Staff 14

Education and Research 17

Membership Application 20

National Music Museum (NMM) Annual Report

Fiscal Year 2010

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NMM 14447. Square piano by William Knabe and Co., Baltimore, ca. 1865. Gift of Loretta Loop Smith, Pebble Beach, California.


ABOUT THE NMM

NATIONAL MUSIC MUSEUM

Founded on the campus of The University of South Dakota on July 1, 1973, the NMM is housed in a lovingly restored Carnegie library building, built in 1910.

The NMM is housed in a fully accessible, climate-controlled building, where 1,100 representative instruments are exhibited in nine galleries. There is a concert hall for performing and recording on historical instruments, study areas, a library, and a conservation laboratory. The NMM's renowned collections of nearly 15,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments are the most inclusive in the world, making the NMM the premier institution of its kind. Included are many of the earliest, best pre-served, and historically most important musical instruments known to survive.

State-of-the-art, self-guided multimedia tours allow visitors not only to see and hear many of the instruments, but also to learn more about them through curatorial commentary and videos. The NMM’s Musical Instrument Manufac-

turers Archive (MIMA) includes more than 18,000 trade catalogs, price lists, periodicals, photographs, and related materials documenting more than 2,000 musical instrument manufacturers and distributors (with an emphasis on American manufacturers) to support organological research and cataloging. It is unparalleled elsewhere.

The NMM’s specialized research library includes more than 5,000 volumes, as well as more than 20,000 periodical issues to support organological research.

Open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

9:00-5:00 Monday through Saturday

2:00-5:00 Sunday

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NMM 14409. Guitar by Kay, Chicago, ca. 1946. Jean Abramson Acquisitions Fund.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Brad Randall, M.D., Chair

Sioux Falls, SD

Tom Lillibridge, Vice Chair Bonesteel, SD

Marilyn Nyberg, Secretary

Yankton, SD

Jack Powell, Treasurer & Nominating Committee Chair

Vermillion, SD

John Waltner, Finance Committee Chair

Sioux Falls, SD

Boyd Hopkins, Member-at-large Sioux Falls, SD

Richard Cutler, Member-at-large

Sioux Falls, SD

Kevin Schieffer, Member-at-large Sioux Falls, SD

Claire Givens, Member-at-large

Minneapolis, MN

Marlowe Sigal, Member-at-large Newton Centre, MA

TRUSTEES

John Barmeyer Ranger, GA

Alan Bates

West Grove, PA

Ruth Brennan Rapid City, SD

Juliet Everist Sioux City, IA

Brian Fischer Dover, NH

Van Fishback Brookings, SD

Susan Haig Summit, NJ

Albert Hegyi

Dakota Dunes, SD

Joan Holter Vermillion, SD

Cindy Lillibridge Bonesteel, SD

Larry Ness

Yankton, SD

Scott Schoppert Sioux Falls, SD

Susanne Skyrm Vermillion, SD

Joella F. Utley

Spartanburg, SC

Joseph Vinatieri Whittier, CA

Jo Wohlenberg

Menno, SD

Marifran Wohlenberg Yankton, SD

EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES

James W. Abbott, President University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Bryan Benchoff, President USD Foundation Vermillion, SD

Dan Christopherson, Mayor

City of Vermillion Vermillion, SD

Larry Schou, Dean

USD College of Fine Arts Vermillion, SD

André P. Larson, Director National Music Museum

Vermillion, SD

TRUSTEES EMERITUS Wayne S. Knutson

Vermillion, SD

John W. Larson Sun City, AZ

Joseph M. McFadden

Houston, TX

2009-2010 Board of T rustees


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Reflecting on this past year at the NMM, I am pleased to report one important fact. The generous spirit of those individuals who support the NMM continues to grow.

Earlier in the year, USD Alumnus Tom Brokaw narrated a video about the National Music Museum. Developed by the creative people at Blue Fire Design Group in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the video can be viewed on YouTube. You will also find a link to the video on the NMM website, www.nmmusd.org.

South Dakota Governor M. Michael Rounds toured the NMM for the first time in March 2010, while donating a guitar that had been displayed in the Governor’s Office. Played during the dedication of the South Dakota Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Dedication, the guitar was autographed by several performers, including the Beach Boys and members of Credence Clearwater Revisited.

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE


SIDEBAR SUBTITLE TEXT

In May, NMM trustee and executive committee member Kevin Schieffer purchased a special Amati violin, now on display at the NMM. The King Henry IV Amati Violin (ca. 1595) was built and embel-lished to honor Henry IV of France. NMM Trustee Claire Givens and Andrew Dipper, of Givens Violins, donated their time and expertise to ensure the instrument transfer went smoothly. Mr. Schieffer purchased the violin in honor of his son’s birth on May 4, 2010. The violin is on display near the Rawlins Gallery.

None of these things could have been accomplished without the generous support of our donors, trustees, members, staff, and benefactors.

Soon, the NMM will embark on a capital improvement campaign. With a collection closing in on 15,000 pieces, the NMM has outgrown its current home. USD agreed to allow the NMM to expand into the adjacent South Dakota Union building, which can be renovated into additional museum and conservation space, with your financial assistance. You can help us by renewing your membership or encouraging someone you know to become a member.

Best Wishes,

Brad Randall, M.D., Chair National Music Museum Board of Trustees

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South Dakota Governor M. Michael Rounds (left) with NMM Board of Trustees Chair Brad Randall, M.D. (right) at the NMM in March 2010.

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The NMM was founded in 1973 in the former Carnegie library building on the campus of The University of South Dakota as The Shrine to Music with some 2,500 instruments and a vast collection of printed material and related items collected over many decades by my father, Arne B. Larson. The partnership between the NMM, Inc. and the University of South Dakota remains strong and productive. It has been my pleasure to serve as the founding director of the NMM since its inception and I am grateful to the many donors, volunteers and members who have contributed in so many ways to produce what is the world’s most extensive collection of instruments and related archives. Today, there are nearly 15,000 instruments in the various NMM collections. I am also grateful to the staff of curators, students and support personnel who have made such a contribution of their energy and professional expertise to the success of the NMM. Looking to the future, we are excited that The University of South Dakota and the South Dakota Board of Regents will make a nearby second building, the South Dakota Union, available for the use of the NMM. This additional building with its 32,000 square feet and new construction connecting the two buildings will enable the NMM to expand its commitment to research, education, and public display of its cultural treasures from around the world. If you can’t visit us in person, please visit our website at www.nmmusd.org. I encourage you to become a member and support the NMM.

Sincerely,

André P. Larson, Ph.D.

Director

National Music Museum

SIDEBAR SUBTITLE TEXT

DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE


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NMM Trustee Kevin Schieffer (right) presents The King Henry IV violin by the Brothers Amati (ca. 1595) to André Larson (left), NMM Director, in May 2010.

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2009-2010 FINANCIAL STATEMENT


FY2009 FY2010

Total Assets* $3,717,507 $4,247,177

Total Liabilities $166,075 $74,288

Support and Revenue**

$3,585,640 $1,965,732

Expenses $2,182,169 $778,206

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Since its founding in 1973, the NMM has become a leading institution of its kind in the world and has outgrown its current 16,000 square foot Carnegie building with professional staff working in the basement and many of its 15,000 precious instruments stored in temporary and less than ideal conditions. In response to this growing need, The University of South Dakota committed the future use of the nearby South Dakota Union building for the museum expansion. With 31,000 additional square feet, the Union building will provide space for staff, new galleries, research and education, in addition to proper storage, preservation and restoration areas. The NMM also antici-pates construction of an additional structure linking the Carnegie and Union buildings. Planning for the new facilities is underway with the selection of the team of Koch Hazard Architects of Sioux Falls and Schwartz/Silver Architects of Boston as design consultants for the project. When the preliminary design plan is completed, including cost estimates, the NMM will launch a fundraising

campaign to renovate the South Dakota Union and construct the new linking facility. I look forward to directing the fundraising campaign and working with the many members and friends of the National Music Museum taking this remarkable institution to new heights of global prominence. You can be of great help to the NMM by renewing your membership or becoming a new member, providing badly needed ongoing support for the work of the museum. You can renew or begin a membership at www.nmmusd.org, or by telephone at 605-677-5306. Sincerely, Ted Muenster Development Office

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South Dakota Governor M. Michael Rounds (left) with Ted Muenster (right), NMM Development Officer, in March 2010.

Financial highlights for fiscal years 2009 and 2010

*Not including instruments and related materials **Not including USD support (includes non-cash)

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M U S I C A L I N S T R U M E N T S NMM 14403. Clapperless double bell,

Cameroon, ca. 1989. Gift of Mr. and

Mrs. Dale Reeves, Brookings, South

Dakota.

NMM 14404. Plucked lamellaphone

(thumb piano), Botswana, ca. 1978.

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Reeves.

NMM 14405. Pluriarc (multi-neck harp),

Botswana, ca. 1978. Gift of Mr. and

Mrs. Dale Reeves.

NMM 14406. Xaphoon (bamboo sax)

in C by Brian Wittman, Maui, Hawaii,

ca. 1980. Gift of Curtis Teague,

Minneapolis.

NMM14407. Plectrum banjo by Gold

Tone, Dalian, China, May 2009.

Plectrum Special, PS- 250. Gift of André

and Kay Marcum Larson, Vermillion,

South Dakota.

NMM 14408. Harpsichord, maker unknown, Naples, ca. 1530; purchase funds from the William Selz Estate, Mr. & Mrs. Clifford E. Graese Fund, and Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Rawlins Fund. This extraor-dinarily important instrument, one of the oldest surviving harpsichords, is in an exceptionally fine state of preservation. Among its typical Neapolitan features are the pointed tail, the keycheeks carved in the form of cornucopias, the delicate moldings, and the beautiful geometrical rose delicately cut from several layers of veneer. At the NMM, this harpsichord joins another early Neapolitan instrument, an octave virgin-

al (NMM 4660), quite likely by the same maker. During the coming year, the harpsichord will receive the minimally necessary treatment to return it to its original playing condition.

NMM 14409. Guitar by Kay, Chicago, ca. 1946. Army-green with patriotic decals depicting stars, ribbons, leaves, arrows, and large American eagles. Jean Abramson Acquisitions Fund.

NMM 14410. Bassoon, Czechoslo-

vakia, ca. 1919-1924. Florentin Barbier

trade name. German system. Gift of

James B. Preus, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

NMM 14411. Top joint of clarinet in B-

flat by The Selmer Company, Inc.,

Elkhart, Indiana, ca. 1972-1980. Bundy

model 1400M. Mazzeo System. Gift of

Bruce E. McGarvey, Blacksburg, Virginia.

NMM 14412. Euphonium in B-flat (HP/

LP) by C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, ca.

1917. New Wonder model. Satin-

silverplate. Gift of Terry Pierce, New

York City.

NMM 14413. Song flute in C by C. G.

Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, ca. 1960. Fitchhorn

Song Flute model. Gift of Marlene

Kohlhaas, Aberdeen, South Dakota.

NMM 14414. Guitar by Ervin Somogyi,

Oakland, California, April 1980 .

Modified Dreadnought model. Gift of

Dream Guitars, Weaverville, North

Carolina.

NMM 14415. Electra-piano and harpsi-

chord by Rocky Mount Instruments, Inc.

(a division of Allen Organ Co.,

Macungie, Pennsylvania), Rocky

Mount, North Carolina, ca. 1972-1974.

Model 368. Gift of Lynn A. Wheelwright,

Clearfield, Utah.

NMM 14416. Ukulele, Hawaii, ca.

1920. Gift of Lynn Wheelwright.

NMM 14417. Sitar, North India, ca.

1950-2000. Gift of Robert Klein, Mo-

bridge, South Dakota.

2009-2010 ACQUIS ITIONS


NMM 14414

NMM 14409

NMM 14408

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NMM 14418. Electric organ by

Gulbransen (a division of CBS Musical

Instruments), Deerfield, Illinois, ca.

1970s. Pacemaker Deluxe 1811L model.

Gift of Richard Peterson and his sister,

Patricia, in memory of their parents

Chester and Inez Peterson, Gayville,

South Dakota.

NMM 14419. Practice keyboard by The

Virgil Piano School Company, Bergen-

field, New Jersey and New York City,

ca. 1901-1912. Tekniklavier model. Gift

of A. DeWayne & Theo Rayburn Wee,

Northfield, Minnesota.

NMM 14420. C-melody saxophone by

C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, ca. 1922.

Gold-plated, custom engraving.

Serpentine-shaped register key. De &

David Knudson Acquisitions Fund and the

André P. & Kay Marcum Larson Acquisi-

tions Fund.

NMM 14421. Salterio by Salvador Bofill, Barcelona, 1760, with painted decoration by Diego Díaz y Valle, Cascante, 1772; Vinatieri Acquisitions Fund and Board of T rustees

Acquisitions Fund. This instrument, although essentially identical in form to the hammered dulcimers made in north-ern Europe, is of the type made in Italy and Spain, intended to be played by plucking directly with the fingers, or sometimes with plectra worn as rings on the fingers. Salvador Bofill was a notable luthier in Barcelona, where he was born in 1705 and died in 1771. He made various stringed instruments including violins and cellos, mandolins, salterios, and at least one harpsichord. The painted decoration on the outer case of the NMM’s salterio is notable, especially in that it was signed and dated by the artist, Diego Díaz y Valle, in Cascante, 1772. This instrument, for-merly in the Erich Lachmann Collection at the University of California Los Angeles, was acquired by the NMM when that collection was dispersed at auction.

NMM 14422. Zister (cittern), Thuringia

or Saxony, ca. 1800. Ex coll.: Paul de

Wit, Leipzig; Erich Lachmann Collection,

UCLA. Jean Abramson Acquisitions Fund.

NMM 14423. Violin, German-speaking

regions, ca. 1820-1860. Ex coll.: Erich

Lachmann Collection, UCLA. Jean

Abramson Acquisitions Fund.

NMM 14424. Violin, Markneukirchen,

ca. 1880-1910. Schweitzer model. Gift

of June Mills, St. Edward, Nebraska.

NMM 14425. Violin bow by Leon

Glasser, Bronx, New York, ca. 1938-

1962. Gift of June Mills.

NMM 14426. Practice keyboard by

Pratt, Read & Co., Inc., Ivoryton,

Connecticut, ca. 1953. Tru-Touch model.

Gift of June Mills.

NMM 14427. Clarinet in B-flat (LP) by

Pan American, Elkhart, ca. 1925-1928.

Model 54N. Albert system. Gift of

Bernita McFarland, Mitchell, South

Dakota.

NMM 14428. Composite clarinet in B-

flat (LP) by Harry Pedler and Co.,

Elkhart, ca. 1920-1930. Bell stamped

Jean Montour, Paris. Premiere model.

Albert system. Gift of Philip D. Eiserman,

Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

NMM 14429. Mellophone by Frank

Holton & Co., Elkhorn, ca. 1923.

Concert Horn model. Satin-silverplate.

Gift of Craig Anderson, Elkhorn,

Wisconsin.

NMM 14430. Euphonium in B-flat (LP)

by Frank Holton & Co., Elkhorn, ca.

1920. Revelation model 82. Satin-

silverplate. Gift of Craig Anderson.

NMM 14431. C-melody saxophone by

Frank Holton & Co., Elkhorn, Wisconsin,

ca. December 1927-December 1, 1930.

Rudy Wiedoeft model. Satin-silverplate.

Gift of Craig Anderson.

NMM 14432. Trumpet in B-flat/A (LP)

by Frank Holton & Co., Elkhorn, ca.

1929. Llewellyn model. Satin-silverplate.

Gift of Craig Anderson.

2009-2010 ACQUIS ITIONS CONTINUED


NMM 14421

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NMM 14422

NMM 14422


NMM 14433. Electric guitar by Travis

Bean, Sun Valley, California, 1978.

TB10000A (Artist) model. Produced for

display at trade shows. Mounted on

metal stand with cutaways showing con-

struction features. Ex coll.: Vincent Gallo,

Los Angeles. Gift of Lynn Wheelwright.

NMM 14434. Upright piano with

p layer mechanism (Hammond

Melo-Harp) by the Straube Co.,

Hammond, Indiana, ca. 1916-1917.

AAA-c5 (7+ octaves). Three pedals: half

blow, melo-harp (tabs with staples for a

jarring, honky-tonk tone), dampers. Gift

of Edward and James Pinkerton, grand-

sons of Perry Fulton Pinkerton and Isa-

dora Ruoff Pinkerton, in memory of their

parents, Ross and Arlene Pinkerton,

Quimby, Iowa.

NMM 14435-14437. Matched set of

clarinets in A, B-flat, and C by Franz

Pfaff, Kaiserslautern, ca. 1850-1895. In

original box with original maker’s label.

Board of Trustees.

NMM 14438. Clarinet in B-flat by G.

Leblanc Corp., La Couture-Boussey

(Paris), ca. 1950-1965. Noblet model

40. Arne B. Larson Estate.

NMM 14439. Trombone (LP) by Frank

Holton & Co., Chicago, ca. 1918. Holton

Special model. Satin-silverplate. Gift of

Craig Anderson.

NMM 14440. Banjo ukulele attributed

to Harmony, Chicago, ca. 1922-1936.

Distributed by Tom Brown Music Co.,

Chicago. Gift of Geoffrey Rezek,

Darien, Connecticut.

NMM 14441. Ukette by Carnival Toy

Mfg. Corp., New York City, ca. 1950-

1963. Gift of Geoffrey Rezek.

NMM 14442. Ukulele by Emenee

Industries, New York City, ca. 1950-

1963. Flamingo model. Gift of Geoffrey

Rezek.

NMM 14443. Toy guitar/ukulele by

Selcol, England, ca. 1957-1960. Skiffle

Junior model. Gift of Geoffrey Rezek.

NMM 14444. Baritone ukulele by Guild

Guitars, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, ca.

1963-1966. Model U-21. Gift of

Geoffrey Rezek.

NMM 14445. Cornet in B-flat/A by C.

G. Conn, Elkhart, ca. 1884. Ultimatum

model. Silverplate with gold-plated bell

interior. André and Kay Marcum Larson

Acquisitions Fund.

NMM 14446. Clarinet in E-flat (HP), ca.

1890-1915. Albert system. Two body

joints only. Gift of Gerald A. Krumbholz,

Tampa, Florida.

NMM 14447. Square piano by William

Knabe and Co., Baltimore, ca. 1865.

AAA-a4 (7 octaves). Two pedals:

moderator, dampers. Gift of Loretta

Loop Smith, Pebble Beach, California.

NMM 14448. Trombone by F. E. Olds,

Los Angeles, ca. 1920-1921. Olds

Standard Large Bore model. Satin-

silverplate with gold-plated bell interior.

Gift of Doug Lind, Rapid City, South

Dakota.

NMM 14449. Cymbal by Ludwig,

Chicago or Elkhart, ca. 1900-1950. Paul

and Jean Christian Collection, St. Paul,

Minnesota.



Standard Medium Bore model. Arne B.

Larson Estate.



Standard Large Medium Bore model.

Arne B. Larson Estate.

NMM 14452. Diatonic accordion

attributed to Busson, Paris, ca. 1860.

Sold by W. Winrow & Son, Nottingham,

England and Broadbent Dry Goods, Lehi

City, Utah. Gift of Leo Coulson,

Intermountain Guitar & Banjo, Salt Lake

City, Utah.

NMM 14453. Diatonic harmonica in C

by Hohner, Trossingen, Germany, ca.

1955. Herb Shriner Hoosier Boy model.

Gift of Michael Walters, Laguna Woods,

California.

NMM 14454. Electric guitar by Saein

Musical Instruments Co., Ltd., Gaomi

City, Shandong Province, China

(corporate offices in Incheon, Korea),

for Hoshino Gakki, whose Ibanez

guitars are developed in Owariasahi

City, Aichi, Japan, March 2005.

Autographed by members of musical

groups that performed at the Vietnam

War Memorial dedication and concert,

Pierre, South Dakota, September 15-16,

2006, including Steve Miller; Mike Love

and Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys;

and Stu Cook and Doug Clifford of

Credence Clearwater Revisited. Gift of

the State of South Dakota.



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NMM 14447

NMM 14433


NMM 14455. Cornetto by Gary M.

Stewart, Boone, North Carolina, ca.

1970-1975. Donated in memory of

Gary M. Stewart (1953-2009) by Darcy

Kuronen, Boston, Massachusetts.

NMM 14456 and 14457. Solovox

keyboard and tone cabinet by

Hammond Instrument Co., Chicago, ca.

1940-1948. Gift of Kathy K. Grow,

Yankton, South Dakota.

NMM 14458. Melodeon by Bernard

Shoninger and Company, Woodbridge,

Connecticut, ca. 1860-1865. Gift of

Sarah Wood-Clark, Kansas City, Mis-

souri.

NMM 14459. Baritone ukulele by

Petersen Products, Chicago, ca. 1960.

Polk-a-lay-lee model 100. Gift of

Geoffrey Rezek, Darien, Connecticut.

NMM 14460. Soprano ukulele by The

Magic Fluke Co., New Hartford,

Connecticut, May 2003. Flea model

M30. Gift of Geoffrey Rezek.

NMM 14461. Tenor ukulele by The

Magic Fluke Co., New Hartford, 2007.

Fluke model M20 Tiki Mug. Gift of

Geoffrey Rezek.

NMM 14462. Concert ukulele by Oscar

Schmidt, a division of U.S. Music Corp.,

Mundelein, Illinois, manufactured in

C h i n a , 2 0 0 5 . M o u s e k u l e l e ,

commemorating the 50th Anniversary of

the Mickey Mouse Club. Limited Edition

of 1,000. Gift of Geoffrey Rezek.

NMM 14463. Junior (toy) guitar/

concert ukulele by Mattel, Inc., Los

Angeles, ca. 1955-1956. Mousegetar

model, based on the tenor guitar used

by Jimmie Dodd on the Mickey Mouse

Club. Gift of Arian Sheets, Vermillion,

South Dakota.

NMM 14464. Clarinet in A by

Gebrüder Mönnig, Markneukirchen, ca.

1920-1939. Oehler system. Ex coll.: Sid

Glickman, Bronx, New York. André P. &

Kay Marcum Larson Acquisitions Fund.

NMM 14465. Hardingfele by Knudt

Eriksen Helland, Bø, Telemark,

Norway, 1873. Gift of Bonnie Weiger,

Laurel, Nebraska.

NMM 14466-14467. Violin and bow

by Masakichi Suzuki, Nagoya, Japan,

ca. 1910-1940. Stradivari model. Gift

of Bonnie Weiger.

NMM 14468. Violoncello bow, possi-

bly made in Vogtland, Saxony;

Eger land, Czechoslovakia ; or

Mirecourt, France, ca. 1880-1930. Gift

of Bonnie Weiger.

NMM 14469. Ukulele attributed to The

Harmony Company, Chicago, ca.

1920-1940. Mouna-Loa brand. Gift of

Bonnie Weiger.

NMM 14470. Violin, The King Henry IV,

by Antonio and Girolamo Amati,

Cremona, ca. 1595. Ex colls.: King Henry

IV, France; François de Bassompierre

and family, France; King Louis XVIII,

France; Jean Baptiste Cartier, Paris;

George Hart, London; Royal de Forest

Hawley, Hartford, Connecticut; Albert

Hastings Pitkin, Hartford; Lyon & Healy,

Chicago; Edmund V. Bukolt, Stevens

Point, Wisconsin; The Copernicus Cultural

Foundation, Chicago. Purchase funds gift

of Kevin Schieffer, Sioux Falls, South

Dakota.

NMM 14471-14473. Maracas,

Bermuda, ca. 1955. Gift of David B.

Hartley, Pierre, South Dakota.

NMM 14474. Piano accordion,

Germany, ca. 1930- 1940. Tone-Crest

line. Gift of Zelena Weisz, Vermillion,

South Dakota.

NMM 14475-14476. Ocarinas, Costa

Rica, ca. 1999. Gift of Claire Givens

and Andrew Dipper, Minneapolis,

Minnesota.

NMM 14477. Saw duang (two-string

fiddle), Thailand, ca. 1995. Gift of

Claire Givens and Andrew Dipper,

Minneapolis, Minnesota.

NMM 14478. Koto, Japan, ca. 1975.

Gift of Peter Wilson, Minneapolis,

Minnesota.



NMM 14477

NMM 14470

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NMM 14461


NMM 14479. Square piano by André

Stein, Vienna, ca. 1830-1842. CC-g4

(6+ octaves). Transfer from Loyola

Marymount University, Los Angeles,

California.

NMM 14480. Bass cornetto by Roland

Wilson, Cologne, April 2010. Recon-

struction of basse des cornets (bass

cornetto) described by Marin Mersenne

in Harmonie Universelle (Paris: 1636).

Commissioned by the Joe R. and Joella

F. Utley Foundation.

NMM 14481. Sesando (tube zither),

Indonesia, late 19th century. Ex coll.:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Board

of Trustees.

NMM 14482. Trombone by Frank Hol-

ton & Company, Elkhorn, 1929. Paul

Wh i t eman Reve la t io n mode l .

Gold-plated, highly engraved. Gift of

Carol Lee Cole, Annawan, Illinois.

NMM 14483. Violin attributed to The

Vogtland, ca. 1900. Gift of Carol Lee

Cole.

NMM 14484. Clarinet in B-flat, France,

ca. 1925. La Premiere line. Gift of Carol

Lee Cole.

NMM 14485. Mandolin, attributed to

U.S.A., ca. 1900-1925. Gift of John

Banasiak, Vermillion, South Dakota.

OT H E R I T E M S

A-52. Framed musical manuscript leaf

(vellum), ca. 16th-17th century,

probably from Spain or Italy. Gift of

Robert Klein, Mobridge, South Dakota.

BA-97. Trumpet mute attributed to

Austria, late 18th century. Joe R. and

Joella F. Utley Foundation.

BA-98. Trumpet mute attributed to

Austria, 20th century. Joe R. and Joella

F. Utley Foundation.

BA-99. Trumpet mute by Shastock,

Cleveland, ca. 1900-1950. Joe R. and

Joella F. Utley Foundation.

C-195. Display banner by C. G. Conn,

Ltd., Elkhart, ca. 1935-1955. Custom-

ized for Taylor’s Music Store, Aberdeen,

South Dakota. Gift of Marlene Kohlhaas,

Aberdeen.

D’Aquisto and D’Angelico Workshop

Materials. Tools, parts, drawings, and

related items from the workshops of

James D’Aquisto and John D’Angelico.

Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund; one-

half a gift of James D’Aquisto II, Stony

Brook, New York.

Holton-0034. Trombone slide by Frank

Holton & Co., Chicago, ca. 1908. Gift

of Craig Anderson, Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

M-526. Backlit sign advertising Guild

Acoustic Guitar by TecArt Industries,

Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan. Gift

of Lynn Wheelwright, Pro Musician’s

Outlet, Clearfield, Utah.

M-527-530. Set of four ceramic coffee

mugs by Taylor International USA for

WFLN radio station’s Philadelphia

Orchestra Marathon II, ca. 1990s.

Portraits of classical composers featured.

Gift of Michael Walters, Laguna Woods,

California.

M-531. Harmonica kit, “Learn to Play

the Harmonica: A Beginner’s Course

for Harmonica by Cham-Ber Huang,”

by Music Minus One, New York City,

1967. Gift of Michael Walters.

M-532. Harmonica kit, “Herb Shriner’s

TV Harmonica Jamboree,” by

Astranaut, Inc., New York City, 1955.

Gift of Michael Walters.

M-533. Army-Navy “E” Award plaque

presented to Martin Band Instrument

Co., Elkhart, 1944. Gift of Jim Stella,

Janesville, Wisconsin.

M-534. Printer’s block by Franklin Type

Foundry, Cincinnati, ca. 1880-1892.

Illustration of Chickering grand piano.

Gift of Solveig Sperati Korte, Vermillion,

South Dakota.

M-535. Reproduction of a flute body

by E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co.,

Parkersburg, West Virginia, ca. 1978.

Teflon. Presented to Carleton Angelo

Sperati (1918-2009), upon his retire-

ment from DuPont in 1978. Gift of

Solveig Sperati Korte, Vermillion, South

Dakota.

M-536. Double-bass jig by Gibson,

Kalamazoo, ca. 1940. Gift of Bob

Nelson, Northfield, Minnesota.

M-537. Guitar headstock blank by

Grammer Guitar Co., Nashville,

Tennessee, before 1968. Johnny Cash

model. Ex coll.: Johnny Cash Estate. Gift

of Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet,

Minneapolis, Minnesota.

M-538. Strobotuner by C. G. Conn, Ltd.,

Elkhart, ca. 1955. Gift of Robert

Kilborn, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.



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Books and Periodicals: 37 books and

periodical issues donated by Margaret

Downie Banks (Vermillion); Carol Lee

Cole (Annawan, Illinois); Cheryl Crandell

(South Sioux City, Nebraska); Richard

W. & Jane George (Libertyville, Illinois);

Robert Kilborn (Sioux Falls); Marlene

Kohlhaas (Aberdeen, South Dakota);

Solveig Sperati Korte (Vermillion); John

Koster (Vermillion); André P. Larson

(Vermillion); Kay Marcum Larson

(Vermillion); Geoffrey Rezek (Darien,

Connecticut); Paul Ruppa (Milwaukee);

Susan Stensland (Omaha); Anita Tipton

(Keller, Texas); Michael Walters (Laguna

Woods, California); Bonnie Weiger

(Laurel, Nebraska); and Lynn

Wheelwright (Clearfield, Utah).

Music: more than 1,000 pieces of sheet

music, books of music, songbooks, hym-

nals, method books, and original music

manuscripts donated by Craig Anderson

(Elkhorn, Wisconsin); Cathy Murphy

Breske (Webster, South Dakota); John

Check (Vermillion, South Dakota); Cheryl

Crandell (South Sioux City, Nebraska);

David Eiesland (Detroit Lakes, Minneso-

ta); Richard W. & Jane George

(Libertyville, Illinois); Robert Kilborn

(Sioux Falls, South Dakota); Bernita

McFarland (Mitchell, South Dakota); Ber-

nard Ofstehage (Elk Point, South Dako-

ta); Dick and Dee Pillar (Yankton, South

Dakota); Geoffrey Rezek (Darien,

Connec t i c u t ) ; Gladys Sadosk i

(Grayslake, Illinois); Cindy Sheehan

(Trevor, Wisconsin); and Richard Siorek

(Sioux Falls, South Dakota).

Musical instrument manufacturers

trade publications, trade periodicals,

and related materials: more than 1,200

items, including 1) several files

concerning the development of Leblanc’s

Urbie Green trombone model, donated

by Craig Anderson (Elkhorn, Wiscon-

sin); and, 2) five binders of confidential

piano company price lists compiled by

Wilton Syckes (Phoenix, Arizona),

transferred from the NAMM Library and

Resource Center (Carlsbad, California).

Additional materials donated by

Margaret Downie Banks (Vermillion,

South Dakota); Cheryl Crandell (South

Sioux City, Nebraska); James D’Aquisto

II (Stony Brook, New York); Chris Garcea

(Plano, Texas); Richard W. & Jane

George (Libertyville, Illinois); Kathy K.

Grow (Yankton, South Dakota); Allan R.

Jones (Brookings, South Dakota); Robert

Kilborn (Sioux Falls, South Dakota);

Marlene Kohlhaas (Aberdeen, South

Dakota); Solveig Sperati Korte

(Vermillion, South Dakota); Geoffrey

Rezek (Darien, Connecticut); and Lynn

Wheelwright (Clearfield, Utah).

Sound Recordings: 777 records (78 RPM & 33-1/3 RPM); cassette tapes; CDs; player piano rolls; and videotapes donated by Margaret Downie Banks (Vermillion, South Dakota); David B. Hartley (Pierre, South Dakota); Rich Mangelsen (Yankton, South Dakota); Richard Menzel (Vermillion, South Dakota); Missouri Valley Music (Canton, South Dakota); Jim Pinkerton (Cedar Falls, Iowa); Mr. and Mrs. Dale Reeves (Brookings, South Dakota); Curtis Teague

& Loretta Simonet (Minneapolis); LeEtte Vos (Hanover Park, Illinois); and Michael Walters (Laguna Woods, California). Missouri Valley Music (Canton, South Dakota); Jim Pinkerton (Cedar Falls, Iowa); Mr. and Mrs. Dale Reeves (Brookings, South Dakota); Curtis Teague & Loretta Simonet (Minneapolis); LeEtte Vos (Hanover Park, Illinois); and Michael Walters (Laguna Woods, California).

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FACULTY AND STAFF


NMM Administration and Faculty

André P. Larson, Ph.D. (West Virginia University), Director and Professor of Music, is re spons ib le for hav ing developed the National Music Museum, since its founding in 1973, into one of the great institutions of its kind in the world. As a result of his vision, insight, and connoisseurship, the NMM has assembled the

world’s largest collection of musical instruments, one that is encyclopedic in scope, yet highly focused in both its quality and depth. As the NMM moves into its next phase of development, Larson continues actively to work with the Board of Trustees in its capital campaign to raise the funding necessary to greatly expand the NMM’s physical facilities for both exhibition and storage. Margaret Downie Banks, Ph.D. (West Virginia University), Senior Curator and Professor of Music, also serves as the NMM Webmaster, Newsletter Editor, and Coordinator of the Internship Program. She processes all non-cash gifts and is responsible for the general care and academic inter-pretation of all objects and materials belonging to the NMM. Banks supervises the staff’s cataloging efforts and coordinates requests for access to the collections by visiting researchers. She is responsible for mentoring graduate students, as well as for hiring and supervising all work-study students, interns, and hourly employees. Banks continues to manage the NMM’s website and has recently undertaken editorship of the NMM’s new electronic newsletter. She has conducted research, lectured, and

published extensively in the field of organology and is a leading international authority on the Conn company (Elkhart, Indiana) and the American musical instrument industry.

John Koster, A.B. (Harvard College), Conservator and Professor of Music, also serves as Coordinator of Graduate Studies in the History of Musical Instruments and Curator of Keyboard Instruments . As Conservator, Koster oversees the general physical aspects of preserving the NMM’s collections, as well as the treatment and techn ica l examinat ion of

individual objects. A leading international authority on the history of musical instruments, with a research emphasis on harpsichords, clavichords, and other early keyboards, he has lectured and published throughout the United States and Europe. In 2010, he was named the General Editor for The Historical Harpsichord series, as well as the Editor of the Early Keyboard Journal. Koster both teaches and mentors students in the NMM’s unique M.M. degree program with a concentration in the history of musical instruments and was recently chosen by the USD College of Fine Arts as the recipient of the Knutson Distinguished Professor Award for 2010-2012. Sabine K. Klaus, Ph.D. (University of Tübingen), Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Curator of Brass I n s t r u m e n t s a n d Professor of Music, is responsible for the Utley Collection and Institute for Brass Studies in South

Carolina, a satellite facility of the NMM. An international authority on brass and keyboard instruments, Klaus continues to work on a multi-volume book series about the History of High Brass Instruments (to be published by the NMM) and teaches sessions on this topic. Klaus is widely published and is a frequent lecturer on brass and keyboard-related subjects internationally. She continues to serve as the editor of the ―Historical Instrument Window‖ for the International Trumpet Guild Journal.

Deborah Check Reeves, D.M.A. (University of Iowa), Curator of Educat ion and Assoc iate Professor of Music, also serves as Curator of Woodwind Instruments. As an educator, R e e v e s d e v e l o p s a n d implement s broad-based educational programming for students of all ages, including the more than 4,000 people who request specialized tours

each year. During the spring semester, Reeves created and taught a new USD Honors class, ―Javanese Gamelan: Introducing Javanese Culture Through Its Music.‖ She continues to direct the annual Summer Discovery and Summer Explorer programs for young people and the USD Tatag Gamelan Ensemble. Her curatorial responsibilities include cataloging and researching the NMM's woodwind instruments. She has lectured and published internationally concerning her research specialty—the clarinet--and edits the "Historically Speaking" column in The Clarinet. Reeves currently holds the office of Secretary of the American Musical Instrument Society.

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FACULTY AND STAFF


NMM Support Staff Barbara Stark, Executive Assistant to the Director, is responsible for all NMM business administration and accounting. She also handles the membership records, receives and processes all cash contributions, and prepares labels and/or email distribution lists for all mailings to the membership. Stark is available to assist the Director and the Board of Trustees in a variety of

administrative capacities and is responsible for handling NMM staff personnel issues. Vicky Kuklentz, Director of Visitor Services, warmly welcomes visitors to the NMM on a daily basis and is responsible for security in the museum’s public areas. Kuklentz schedules tours, tracks visitor statistics, organizes the Gift Shop inventory, and processes all Gift Shop orders. She also coordinates transportation arrangements for the staff and visiting researchers/performers and manages the mass-mailings of Brown Bag Lunch Series publicity and NMM newsletters.

NMM Curatorial Staff Arian Sheets, B.A. and B.M. (Northwestern University), Curator of Stringed Instruments. Sheets is responsible for researching and cataloging both bowed and plucked stringed instruments, as well as electronic musical instruments, in the NMM’s collections. She works with visiting researchers, helps mentor interns, and assists the general

public with stringed instrument identification and inquiries. She continues to research and compile annotated checklists of the NMM’s stringed instruments for posting on the website and gives guided tours and lectures about stringed instruments for specialist groups. She has recently been named a senior editor of stringed instruments for the new edition of the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Sarah Deters Richardson, M.M. (USD), Curator of Musical I n s t r u m e n t s . R i c h a r d s o n ’ s responsibilities include cataloging a wide variety of types of musical instruments, maintaining the musical instrument inventory database, managing the NMM’s instrument storage and retrieval system, and archiving the digital photography collection. She also manages photography, as well as the processing of digital image orders from publishers and scholars. In addition to giving gallery tours, she also created and maintains the NMM’s state-of-the-art multi-media tour, which is currently being prepared for linking to the NMM’s website. Richardson’s research interests focus on the American musical instrument industry and non-Western instruments.

Julie Boston, B.M. (USD), Curatorial Assistant, continues to sort, catalog, store, and prepare inventories of archival materials donated to the NMM. She also maintains the NMM’s electronic and paper documentat ion f i les, creates electronic catalog sheets for the NMM’s instrument collection, and ass i s t s wi t h managing the

databases through which the Musical Instrument Manufacturers Archive and periodicals collections are accessed. On weekends and occasional weekdays, Boston manages visitor services at the reception desk.

Micky Rasmussen, M.S. (USD), Curatorial Assistant, continues to organize and catalog the NMM’s extensive Musical Instrument Manufacturers Archive of industry trade materials and ephemera, entering metadata about each item into a database. Rasmussen can also frequently be seen assisting with educational tours and providing visitor services at the reception desk.

Patricia S. Roberts-Pizzuto, B.F.A. (Ringling School of Art and Design), Curatorial Assistant. Roberts-Pizzuto continues to catalog the NMM’s specialized research library holdings with those of the USD Library’s online catalog (ALEPH), which facilitates knowledge of these holdings worldwide.

Ken Drobnak, D.M.A. (Michigan State University), Curatorial Assistant, conducts research about brass instruments, focusing primarily upon the Holton Factory Reference Collection donated by Conn-Selmer, Inc., in 2008. During the past year he has concentrated on tubas, euphoniums, trumpets and bugles. Drobnak also assists with school

tours, the Gamelan ensemble and the Summer Discovery & Explorer Series, as well as assisting visiting researchers, student workers, and interns. You may also occasionally see him greeting visitors at the reception desk.

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FACULTY AND STAFF


Interns in FY10

Jonathan Santa Maria Bouque t , Co l l e c t i o n s Documentation Intern, 2009-2010. A professional luthier from Mexico City, Bouquet has studied and worked in the field of instrument construction, restoration, and doc-umentation in Mexico, Europe and the U.S. for nearly a decade. To date, Bouquet has prepared state-of-the-art technical drawings of nine important bowed and fretted stringed instruments, including the NMM’s Stradivari violin, Stradivari guitar, Stainer violin, and sixteenth-century English cittern. All of his drawings are available for purchase through the NMM Gift Shop. Stéphane Doyon, Advanced Conservation Intern, summer 2009. Doyon (Québec, Canada), a graduate student in the Art Conservation program at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, spent three months documenting and treating the NMM’s harmonium by Alexandre & Fils, Paris, ca. 1850, including the meticulous repair of the leaky wind system and reconstruction of the rosewood music desk, missing when the instrument was acquired by the NMM in 1983.

Maria Kurmanowytsch, Advanced Conservation Intern, spring 2010. K u r ma no wy t s c h , a graduate student in the C o n s e r va t i o n a nd Restoration Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria, spent six months working on a variety of musical

instruments at the NMM, including the restoration of an early 19th-century Bohemian harp; completing work on

a harmonium by Alexandre & Fils, Paris, 1850; and consolidating a delicate, late 19th-century tube zither (sesando). Chrissy Eide McCorkle, Cataloging Intern, summer 2009. McCorkle (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), a South Dakota State University graduate, holding a B.S. in music merchandising and an MBA from USD, finished a project begun in her previous internship (2008), of cataloging the more than 7,500 objects in the Will Hoover Guitar, Mandolin, and Banjo Pick Collection (now database accessible). McCorkle also cataloged several of the horns from the Holton Factory Reference Collection. Laura Schmitz, Cataloging Intern, summer 2009. Schmitz (Petersburg, Nebraska), a USD graduate with a BMA in vocal/piano music, cataloged many of the NMM’s African musical instruments, having spent the previous summer studying West African music, including a short residence in Ghana. Her research resulted in the compilation of an annotated checklist for posting on the NMM website. Anna Yeagle, Cataloging Intern, summer 2009. Yeagle (Berthoud, Colorado), an undergraduate cello performance major at Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa), spent twelve weeks cataloging many of the 500 zithers in the Paul and Jean Christian Collection at the NMM. Her research led to the compilation of an annotated checklist of Alpine zithers, now accessible on the NMM website.

Student Assistants in FY10 Jennifer Newberry, Graduate Curatorial Assistant, fall 2009-spring 2010. While pursuing an M.M. in the music history at USD, Newberry worked part-time at the NMM, cataloging brass instruments from the Holton Factory Reference Collection. Katherine Feller, USD Undergraduate Work-Study Student, winter 2009-spring 2010. Feller began digitizing the extensive Leblanc Company photograph collection, both for preservation and research purposes. Tori Georgiana, USD Undergraduate Work-Study Student, fall 2009-spring 2010. Georgiana assisted with the processing and management of the digital images for the entire Joe and Joella Utley Collection of Brass Instruments. Ryan Murfield, USD Undergraduate Curatorial Assistant, summer-fall 2009. Murfield continued the on-going digitization of the NMM’s extensive multimedia collections, making significant progress in the digitization of the Cecil B. Leeson and Stan Fritts & the Korn Kobblers sound and video collections. Rebecca Schademann, Undergraduate Curatorial Assistant, fall 2009. Schademann assisted with several projects to digitize, preserve, and document some of the NMM’s numerous archival collections.

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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH


DEGREES AWARDED Master of Music (M.M.) degree with a concentration in the History of Musical Instruments: Michael Suing, ―Heartbeat of a Nation: An Organological Study of the History of Frame Drum Making Among the Indigenous People of North America‖

RESEARCH

FACULTY/STAFF Publications, Projects and Presentations

Margaret Downie Banks Contributor, The Grove Dictionary of American Music, second edition Editor, NMM Newsletter ―Joseph C. Green's Cornet,‖ NMM Newsletter 37, No. 1 (March 2010) Webmaster, NMM Website ―Annotated Checklist of Dancing Master's Fiddles (Pochettes, Kits, and Their Bows),‖ NMM Website “James Christensen's Alfred Stelzner Research Archive,‖ NMM Website ―Annotated Checklist of Zithers by Franz Schwarzer (Washington, Missouri),‖ NMM Website ―Paul and Jean Christian Collection and Archive,‖ NMM Website “Introductory Slideshow: A Walk Thru the NMM,‖ NMM Website Added new text to "A Brief History of the Conn Company (1874-present),‖ http://people.usd.edu/~mbanks/CONTENT.html “Conn-Selmer's Donation . . . From Kenosha to Vermillion: Preserving the Leblanc Legacy,‖ Conn-Selmer Keynotes (November 2009), www.keynotesmagazine.com. Curatorial Committee, Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), Phoenix

Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet ―The Lute,‖ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-.) Electronic publication: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lute/hd_lute.htm (April 2010). Technical Drawing, NMM 13500. Cittern, possibly by Petrus Rautta, England, 1579 Technical Drawing, NMM 4548. Violin by Jacob Stainer, Absam bei Innsbruck, 1668 Technical Drawing, NMM 4003. Baroque lute by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1707 ―A Closer Look at the Rawlins Guitar by Antonio Stradivari (NMM 3976),‖ presented at the annual meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, May 2010

Ken Drobnak ―’Shorty’‖ Piston Valves: The Short-Action Piston Valve of Frank Holton & Company,‖ I.T.E.A. Journal 37, No. 3 (Winter 2010): 58-60 ―The Process of Cataloging an Unsigned Tuba,‖ I.T.E.A. Journal 37, No. 4 (Spring 2010): 47-48 ―Holton's Regulation and Legionnaire Bugles,‖ NMM Newsletter 37, No. 1 (March 2010) Clinician, ―Prototype and Experimental Tubas of Frank Holton & Company,‖ Octubafest, Wayne State College, Nebraska, October 2009

Brown Bag Lunch Program, Holiday Brass,‖ featuring the South Dakota Brass Quintet

Brown Bag Lunch Program, ―P. D. Q. Bach's Lunch: A Quodlibet of Treats‖ Brown Bag Lunch Program, ―The Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Gamelan, featuring USD’s Tatag Gamelan Ensemble‖ Octubafest Recital, Wayne State College, Nebraska Member, brass section, Sioux City Municipal Band

Sabine K. Klaus Column Editor, ―Historical Instrument Window,‖ International Trumpet Guild Journal ―Slide Trumpet by George Hendy Rodenbostel and Richard Woodham,‖ in ―Historical Instrument Window,‖ Sabine K. Klaus, editor, International Trumpet Guild Journal 34, No. 2 (January 2010): 48 ―Military Parade Trumpet in E-flat by Adolphe Sax,‖ ―Historical Instrument Window,‖ Sabine K. Klaus, editor, International Trumpet Guild Journal 34, No. 4 (June 2010): 54 ―The Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection of High Brass Instruments: A Trumpeter’s Dream Comes True,‖ International Trumpet Guild Journal 34, No. 4 (June 2010): 38–45 "Unraveling the Secrets of a Keyed Bugle by E. G. Wright," NMM Newsletter 37, No. 1 (March 2010) ―Das kleine viereckige Pianoforte mit vielen Veränderungen—Tafelklaviere als Universalinstrumente des späten 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhun derts,‖ Symposium on Historic Stringed Keyboard Instruments, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany, January 2010

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John Koster ―The Harding Bible Organ in Perspective,‖ The Organ Yearbook 38 (2009): 17-43 ―The Early Neapolitan School of Harpsichord Making‖ and ―Domenico Scarlatti and the Transformation of Iberian Harpsichord Making,‖ in Domenico Scarlatti en España / Domenico Scarlatti in Spain, Luisa Morales, ed. (Garrucha, Almería, Spain: Asociación Cultural LEAL, 2009): 47-80 and 187-208 Editor, The Historical Harpsichord, Volume Five: Aspects of Harpsichord Making in the British Isles (Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2009) ―Landowska and the Controversy Over Bach’s Ideal Clavier,‖ presented at Wanda Landowska und die Alte Musik, Internationales Symposium im Rahmen der Sonderausstellung ―Die Dame mit dem Cembalo,‖ Musikinstrumenten-Museum des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung, Berlin, November 2009 ―What Did Harpsichords and Clavichords Sound Like in 1910?,‖ presented at annual meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, May 2010 Performances of two works by Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566), Tiento del primer tono and Diferencias sobre la pavana italiana, recorded on the NMM’s harpsichord by Giacomo Ridolfi (NMM 4657), available online Lecture on wood identification at NMM for USD Plants and Civilization class Lecture on wood identification at NMM for Violin Repair class from Minnesota State College Southeast Technical, Red Wing

Deborah Check Reeves Column Editor, ―Historically Speaking,‖ The Clarinet ―Evette's Story,‖ NMM Newsletter 37, No. 1 (March 2010) ―The Mysterious Baritone Oboe,‖ NMM Newsletter 37, No. 1 (March 2010) ―Gamelan Notes: Tuk – Pul – Tuk—Gong!,‖ NMM Newsletter 37, No. 1 (March 2010) ―Annotated Checklist of Clarinets and Flutes by Members of the Pfaff Family,‖ NMM Website ―Water Music,‖ Sioux Empire Water Fest, Sioux Falls Director, Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Gamelan (USD)

Brown Bag Lunch Program, ―Professors Polka Party‖

Brown Bag Lunch Program, ―Boxwood and Brass‖

Brown Bag Lunch Program, ―P. D. Q. Bach's Lunch: A Quodlibet of Treats‖

Brown Bag Lunch Program, ―The Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Gamelan,

feauring USD’s Tatag Gamelan Ensemble‖

Member, clarinet section, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra

Member, clarinet section, Sioux City Municipal Band

Sarah Deters Richardson

―A Father and Son Drum-Making Tradition,‖ NMM Newsletter 37, No.1 (March 2010) ―Historic Images Find a Home at the NMM,‖ NMM Newsletter 37, No. 1 (March 2010) Brown Bag Lunch Program, ―The Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Gamelan, featuring USD’s Tatag Gamelan Ensemble‖

Arian Sheets Senior editor for stringed instruments, Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments ―Annotated Checklist of Electric Lap Steel Guitars and Resonator Guitars by National-Dobro Corporation, Los Angeles and Chicago,‖ NMM Website “Annotated Checklist of Stelzner System Bowed Stringed Instruments,‖ NMM Website “Checklist of Ukuleles,‖ NMM Website Lecturer at NMM for Violin Repair Class from Minnesota State College Southeast Technical, Red Wing Coordinator/Lecturer at NMM for Violin Making School of America, Salt Lake City Member, viola section, Sioux City Symphony Member, viola section, South Dakota Symphony

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VISITOR RESEARCH

Craig Anderson, General Manager of Allied Supply, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and Larry Gerhardt, Gerhardt Music LLC, St. Joseph, Missouri, examined brass instruments from the Holton Factory Reference Collection. Alan G. Bates, West Grove, Pennsylvania, used the Musical Instrument Manufacturers Archive (MIMA) and the Alan G. Bates Harmonica Trade Literature and Ephemera Archive to conduct research about harmonicas at the NMM. Jamie Buttke, Vermillion, examined the NMM’s collection of early regional songbooks to obtain data for inclusion in her USD undergraduate honor’s thesis, ―Folk Music of the Upper Midwest.‖ Dick Chaussee, Palos Verdes Estates, California, searched the holdings of the Fejfar and Sinfonians Music Libraries (the latter was originally used by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at USD until the mid-1960's). Gil Cline, Professor of Music at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, examined and measured numerous posthorns and bugles in the NMM’s collections. Jeffrey Cunningham, a doctoral student in saxophone at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, examined the parabolic curves in several of the NMM’s saxophones made by Adolphe Sax. Mike Cwach, Yankton, a doctoral student at the University of Canter-bury in Christchurch, New Zealand, conducted research about John Lenger (of Niobrara, Nebraska), including an examination of the history of his band, its music, photographs, and Lenger’s own cornet. Cwach also introduced his professor, Roger Buckton (University of Canterbury) to the NMM and its archival collections. Martha Giles, Virginia Beach, Virginia, examined the NMM’s collection of hammered dulcimers for inclusion in an article-in-preparation for the Dulcimer Players News. Guy Harrison, violin maker from Ottawa, Ontario, studied the NMM’s ―Harrison‖ violin by Stradivari (1693) prior to making a copy of the late 17th century instrument.

Michael Judge, violin maker from Portland, Oregon, examined and photographed the NMM’s Jacob Stainer viola and other bowed strings for the Luthier’s Library, an online database providing a consistent, comprehensive and affordable source of detailed measurements, photos and information about instruments from private collections and museums. Laurence Libin, Editor-in-Chief, Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (Oxford University Press), spent several days consulting with the NMM curatorial staff about proposed contents for the next edition of this standard reference. Dorothea Nelson, a graduate student majoring in history at the University of North Dakota, utilized the resources of the Canning Banjo Collection and Archive in support of her thesis research concerning 19th-century blackface minstrelsy. Rolf Olson, USD Professor of trumpet, and Dave Reynolds, Chair, SDSU Music Department, collaborated on a research project involving trumpets and cornets in the Holton Collection. Melanie Piddocke, a doctoral student at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, examined the NMM’s basset horn by Doleisch in support of her Ph.D. dissertation. Kendra van Nyhuis, a USD student who was awarded a three-month U.Discover Summer Scholars Program grant for undergraduate research, conducted research for her project, ―Dizi, Xiao, Shinobue, or Shakukachi: A Study of Bamboo Flutes at the NMM.‖ The Violin Making School of America, Salt Lake City, sent twenty-four students and faculty to examine instruments in the Witten-Rawlins Collection. Kay Widdows, John H. Schroeder Interdisciplinary Chair in Economics at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, conducted research regarding the history of the commercial violin industry.

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