Many thanks, Juretta. Yes, life sure has become complicated, with the
anthrax scare et al.
I'll look into contacting them. Somebody else already suggested Bob
Sheldon, who I think is in the music division.
Randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jurretta Heckscher" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Valuation of music collection
> Randy, although they will not be able to estimate a value for you, the
> reference staff of the Music Division at the Library of Congress may be
> able to put you in touch with someone who could do so, or at least advise
> you on how to find such a person. You can contact them in a variety of
> ways, outlined in the information at
> http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-perform.html . Please think twice
> before sending them anything via "snail mail," however: ever since the
> anthrax episode, all incoming Federal mail is irradiated, which
> enormously lengthens delivery time and may damage or destroy the mail
> itself.
>
> Good luck with this. It sounds as though your collection could be very
> useful to future researchers, and I'm so glad to hear you're hoping to
> make it available through a research institution.
>
> -- Jurretta Heckscher
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Digital Heritage of Virginia wrote:
>
>> In my twilight years, I have catalogued my collection of mostly brass
>> music, predominately with Virginia tie-ins. I have about 1700 titles in
>> about 100 collections. It is primarily hard-copy, part books, song
>> books, etc. but does have some auxiliary MP3 files of some of the music.
>> I would like to eventually contribute all of it to an institution who
>> would be interested, but my first task is to find somebody who can put
>> some valuation on it for me. I can send via snail mail a document which
>> list the collections, shows examples, and discusses some of the more
>> important ones.
>>
>> Does anybody know of any musical historian out there with whom I might
>> contract to estimate a value?
>>
>> Randy Cabell
>> The (old) Trumpeter of Jamestowne
>>
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