Translations:De beschrijving van muziekinstrumenten. De collectie van Stichting Logos als case/14/en

• The Foundation manages instruments built by various people (including Hugh Davies, Richard Waters, Alison Knowles, Michel Waisvisz, Richard Ierman and Moniek Darge). And – purely from a collection management perspective – it makes sense to include all of them in the project. Given the quantity and their specific place within Flemish contemporary music, we chose to start by focusing on the instruments built by Godfried-Willem Raes. We could include other instruments at a later stage if there turned out to be enough time available.
• We applied this same principle when deciding about studio equipment and devices that clearly hadn’t been built from scratch. The decision of whether to include these items in the catalogue was determined – following consultation with the steering committee – by how much involvement the builder had in creating them.
• The collection also includes other unusual instruments and old machines that are not unique items (purchased). The steering committee decided that these should not be included in the project.
• Finally, the overview list also included instruments, built by Godfried-Willem Raes, which have since been lost, sold or dismantled by the builder. Nevertheless, we decided to include these as part of the project, and provide them with a description, where possible, because knowledge about these instruments would provide a greater insight into the instrument builder’s overall repertoire and the aesthetic, constructional and philosophical views that underpin his work.
• We also discovered an instrument built by Godfried-Willem Raes that was no longer being looked after by the Logos Foundation, which we wanted to include in the catalogue. The project employee therefore went to visit the current owner for this.