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National Music Museum will display & play valuable new acquisition

Pictured left to right: Gennaro Gagliano (1735), Francesco Ruggeri (1683) and Giuseppe Gagliano (1777).
University of South Dakota
Pictured left to right: Gennaro Gagliano (1735), Francesco Ruggeri (1683) and Giuseppe Gagliano (1777).

This interview originally aired on "In the Moment" on SDPB Radio.

A new acquisition by the National Music Museum seeks to preserve history while opening an artistic window for the future.

The donation includes five cellos, 27 bows, a Hawaiian guitar and other materials. These instruments will be preserved, studied, admired and even played.

Arian Sheets is the National Music Museum's curator of stringed instruments. Phillip Kass is the collection's appraiser.

They discuss the acquisition and how each piece is a work of art.

Lori Walsh is the host and senior producer of In the Moment.
Ellen Koester is a producer of In the Moment, SDPB's daily news and culture broadcast.