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Thanks, Maddie! It's a huge collection, so we're glad to have it finished. [smile] Cheers, Frank -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Maddie Dietrich Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 12:35 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Archival collection news COOL!!! Thanks, Frank, and congratulations! On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 1:44 PM Frank Ferko <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > > The Archive of Recorded Sound at Stanford University is pleased to > announce the completion of the processing of the Richard J. Howe > Collection of Musical Instrument Literature. An illustrated blogpost > by our Project Archivist, Gurudarshan Khalsa, has been posted on the > ARS web site, and the finding aid is available on the Online Archive > of California (OAC). > > > > The largest known collection of its kind, the Howe Collection of > Musical Instrument Literature contains material about the manufacture > of pianos, organs, and mechanical musical instruments from 1838 to > 2002. The materials include catalogs, books, magazines, > correspondence, photographs, broadsides, advertisements, and price > lists. The collection was created, and originally donated to the University of Maryland, by Richard J. Howe. > It was transferred to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound in 2015 > to support the Player Piano Project, which now includes ten mechanical > pianos and more than 15,000 piano rolls. > > Blogpost for the Howe Collection of Musical Instrument Literature: > > https://library.stanford.edu/blogs/stanford-libraries-blog/2018/09/uni > que-items-found-howe-collection-musical-instrument > > Finding aid for the Howe Collection of Musical Instrument Literature: > https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cc1668/ > > Player Piano Project > http://library.stanford.edu/projects/player-piano-project > > We invite you to explore this massive collection and to share the link > information with researchers, faculty, and students who are interested > in the study of musical instruments. > > With best regards, > > Frank Ferko > Sound Archives Librarian > Archive of Recorded Sound > Braun Music Center > 541 Lasuen Mall > Stanford, CA 94305 > 650-721-2142 > -- Madeline Dietrich 414-687-8744