The Galpin Society

The University of Edinburgh

EXCURSION TO KILMARNOCK, SUNDAY JUNE 26th - SCHEDULE

9:30
Depart from Pollock Halls by coach

11:15
Arrive at the Dick Institute Kilmarnock
View items from Lord Howard de Walden collection of historic musical instruments

Sunday's excursion will take participants to the south-west Scottish town of Kilmarnock. During the trip we will visit the Dick Institute, where the Dean Castle musical instrument collection is being temporarily stored while the castle undergoes renovation. Curators are granting us special access to the Institute that day so we may examine the collection, which was assembled at the end of the 19th century by Charles van Raalte of Brownsea, Dorset. Highlights include guitars by Mateo Sellas (1638) and Magno Stregher (1621), a seventeenth-century Dutch bass drum, a treble viol by Henry Smith (1623), two early nineteenth century harps, a recorder by Walch, an oboe by Lenglet, two eighteenth century Italian dulcimers, an English guitar by Hintz, several interesting 18th century mandolins, and a number of lutes (all of them modified in the 19th century, likely by Franciolini). After lunch, we will venture to the impressive country park surrounding Dean Castle for a breath of fresh air while taking in the scenery around this fourteenth-century castle (weather permitting).

12:45 Lunch
13:45 Depart by coach

14:00
Visit to Dean Castle Country Park (weather permitting)

15:00 or earlier
Depart for Edinburgh by coach, arriving around 16:30

Notes
If you would like to view particular instruments from the collection, please notify the organisers by 19 May

Fee and payment
The charge for the excursion, which covers coach transport, admission and lunch, is £35.

Further information: e-mail: euchmi@ed.ac.uk

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