{{Short description|Canadian repository of string instruments}} The '''Musical Instrument Bank''' is a repository of string instruments maintained by the Canada Council for the Arts. It was established in 1985.<ref name="CBC2012" />
Every three years, the Canada Council conducts the Musical Instrument Bank Competition amongst entrant Canadian classical musicians, the winners of which select an instrument from the bank's inventory that will be loaned to them for a period of three years.
==History== An advisory panel to the Canada Council for the Arts proposed the creation of an instrument bank in 1975.<ref name="Lee" /> In the early 1980s, cellist Denis Brott wrote a letter requesting funding and sent it to "some 50 corporate executives", one of whom asked to meet him.<ref name="Lee" /> This led to a bequest of $100,000 ({{inflation|CA|100000|1985|2021|fmt=eq}}) from the Barwick family and the creation of the Musical Instrument Bank in 1985.<ref name="Lee" /><ref name="Keillor" />{{rp|454}}
In 1987, the first instrument acquired for the Musical Instrument Bank was the 1706 Brott-Turner Tecchler cello, obtained using funds raised by W. I. M. Turner and the Brott family, and is on a career loan to Brott.<ref name="Lee" /> The second acquisition was the 1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivari violin, obtained in 1989.<ref name="Lee" />
In 2012, a bequest of $1.1 million was used to purchase three instruments.<ref name="Strad" /> These were the 1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello, the 1871 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin, and the 1900 Stefano Scarampella violin.<ref name="Strad" />
==Competition== In 2000, with the repository of musical instruments having expanded, the Canada Council for the Arts established a "larger scale competition" for Canadian classical musicians, the winners of which could choose from the bank's inventory to obtain an instrument on a three-year loan.<ref name="Lee" />
The purpose of the competition is to ensure all instruments from the collection are loaned to musicians.<ref name="Sadler" />
===Application=== The Council receives applications from musicians throughout Canada.<ref name="CBC2012" /> The applicant must be at least 18 years old and have had professional training,<ref name="Robb" /> and must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and maintain that status for the duration of the loan period.<ref name="CCA" /> In addition to a curriculum vitae and other biographical information, the applicant must submit a recording of three solo works accompanied by a description of those works, a description of their instrument, and a copy of their repertoire.<ref name="CCA" />
The applications are assessed by a peer committee, who select a group of finalists.<ref name="CBC2012" /> The finalists are sent a bailment agreement, which they must review.<ref name="CCA" />
===Interview=== The finalists travel to Toronto for an interview,<ref name="CBC2012" /> where they can also test the available instruments.<ref name="Robb" /><ref name="Brown" /> They then "compete in a live audition process"<ref name="CBC2012" /> for a panel of five individuals in the peer committee.<ref name="MacArthur" /> Potential conflict of interest is avoided by excluding from the peer committee any owner of a donated instrument and any teacher of an applicant.<ref name="Sadler" />
The week-long event consists of two days of evaluation of the cellists, followed by four days of evaluation of the violinists.<ref name="Wassenberg" /> The musicians are ranked by the committee.<ref name="Robb" /> On the final day, the winning musicians select an instrument to borrow,<ref name="Wassenberg" /> in order based on their standing in the competition.<ref name="Robb" /> If a musician forfeits their choice, another musician from a reserve pool of finalists is invited to make a selection.<ref name="Sadler" />
In 2012, there were 51 applicants, from which 28 finalists were selected and 18 granted the privilege of choosing an instrument from the Musical Instrument Bank.<ref name="CBC2012" />
===Bailment=== Once a musician selects an instrument, they are required to sign the bailment agreement they had received during the application process.<ref name="CCA" /> They will then attend a training session in Toronto on instrument care, as well as the policies regarding use of the instrument.<ref name="CCA" /> Musicians must also present confirmed engagements and plans covering the first year of their loan.<ref name="CCA" /> These must include concerts and recitals performed in Canada and internationally.<ref name="CCA" />
Once these criteria are met, the musicians will receive their selected instrument. Costs associated with insurance for the instrument, repairs and restoration not resultant from neglect, and luthier fees for the required annual inspection will be borne by the Canada Council for the Arts<ref name="CCA" /> from its operating fund.<ref name="Sadler" />
==Instruments== The Musical Instrument Bank consists of cellos, violins, and bows that are either owned by the Canada Council for the Arts or loaned to it.<ref name="Lee" /> Owned instruments are acquired via donation or purchased with funds from monetary donations, and loaned instruments are obtained from patrons in Canada or the United States.<ref name="Robb" />
Newly acquired instruments are immediately loaned to one of the reserve applicants from the most recent competition once the instrument has undergone an inspection and any required restoration work is completed.<ref name="Sadler" />
===Cellos=== {|class="wikitable" |+The status column indicates whether the instrument is owned by the Canada Council for the Arts, or if it is on loan from a donor !Instrument !Luthier !Year manufactured !Year acquired !Status !On loan to !References |- |1696 Bonjour Stradivarius |Antonio Stradivari |1696 |2000 |On loan |Bryan Cheng |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1696 Stradivarius" /> |- |1706 Brott-Turner Tecchler cello |David Tecchler |1706 |1987 |Owned |Denis Brott |<ref name="Lee" /><ref group="IMB" name="1706 Tecchler" /> |- |1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello |Giovanni Francesco Celoniato |1730 |2011 |Owned |Daniel Hass |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1730 Celoniati" /> |- |{{circa|1750}} Gennaro Gagliano cello |Gennaro Gagliano |{{circa|1750}} |2023 |On loan |Cameron Crozman |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1750 Gagliano" /> |- |{{circa|1769}} Shaw Adam cello |Attributed to Juan Guillami II |{{circa|1769}} |1999 |Owned |Leana Rutt |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1769 Guillami" /> |- |1824 McConnell Nicolaus Gagliano II cello |Nicolò Gagliano II |1824 |2000 |Owned |Andrea Stewart |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1824 Gagliano" /> |- |1929 Carlo Giuseppe Oddone cello |Carlo Giuseppe Oddone |1929 |2022 |Owned |Christopher Hwang |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1929 Oddone" /> |}
===Violins=== {|class="wikitable" |+The status column indicates whether the instrument is owned by the Canada Council for the Arts, or if it is on loan from a donor !Instrument !Luthier !Year manufactured !Year acquired !Status !On loan to !References |- |1689 Baumgartner Stradivari violin |Antonio Stradivari |1689 |1997 |On loan |Alice Lee |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1689 Stradivarius" /> |- |1700 Taft Stradivarius violin |Antonio Stradivari |1700 |2003 |On loan |Daniel Dastoor |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1700 Stradivari" /> |- |{{circa|1700}} Bell Giovanni Tononi violin |Giovanni Tononi |{{circa|1700}} |2002 |Owned |Lucy Wang |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1700 Tononi" /> |- |1715 Dominicus Montagnana violin |Domenico Montagnana |1715 |2006 |On loan |Eva Aronian |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1715 Montagnana" /> |- |1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivari violin |Antonio Stradivari |1717 |1988 |Owned |Emma Meinrenken |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1717 Stradivari" /> |- |1747 Palmason Januarius Gagliano violin |Gennaro Gagliano |1747 |2003 |On loan | Julia Mirzoev |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1747 Gagliano" /> |- |1729 Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú violin |Giuseppe Guarneri |1729 | | | | |- |1757 Carlo Tononi Bolognese Violin |Carlo Antonio Tononi |1757 |2014; 2023 |On loan |Yu Kai Sun |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1757 Tononi" /> |- |{{circa|1759}} Jeanne Lamon Santo Serafin violin |Sanctus Seraphin |{{circa|1759}} |2023 |Owned |Naomi Dumas |<ref group="IMB" name="1759 Serafin" /> |- |1768 Miller Januarius Gagliano violin |Gennaro Gagliano |1768 |2012 |Owned |Gregory Lewis |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1768 Gagliano" /> |- |1820 Joannes Franciscus Pressenda violin |Giovanni Francesco Pressenda |1820 |2000 |On loan |Kumiko Sakamoto |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1820 Pressenda" /> |- |{{circa|1830-1850}} Eckhardt-Gramatte Joachim Georges Chanot I violin |Georges Chanot I |{{circa|1830-1850}} |2017 |On loan |Astrid Nakamura |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1830 Chanot" /> |- |1851 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin |Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |1851 |2018 |Owned |Vivian Kukiel |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1851 Vuillaume" /> |- |1869 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin |Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |1869 |2009 |Owned |Tiffany Yeung |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1869 Vuillaume" /> |- |1871 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin |Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |1871 |2012 |Owned |David Baik |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1871 Vuillaume" /> |- |1900 Stefano Scarampella violin |Stefano Scarampella |1900 |2012 |Owned |Christopher Whitley |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1900 Scarampella" /> |- |1902 Enrico Rocca violin |Enrico Rocca |1902 |2000 |On loan |Shannon Lee |<ref name="Wassenberg" /><ref group="IMB" name="1902 Rocca" /> |}
===Maintenance=== The instruments are maintained by Ric Heinl<ref name="CBC2012" /> and luthiers of Toronto-based George Heinl & Company.<ref name="Lee" /><ref name="Brown" /> Costs for restoration are funded by the instrument donors.<ref name="Lee" />
Once an instrument loan expires, the instrument is returned to the company, where any required repairs are made.<ref name="Sadler" /> If major restoration is necessary, the instrument is removed from the loan cycle until the restoration is completed.<ref name="Sadler" />
==References== <references>
<ref name="Brown">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/how-a-violinist-can-play-a-4-million-stradivarius-no-strings-attached/article4565051/|title=How a violinist can play a $4-million Stradivarius, no strings attached|last=Brown|first=Ian|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=24 September 2012|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="Keillor">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=The SAGE encyclopedia of music and culture|editor-last=Sturman|editor-first=Janet|volume=1|publisher=Sage Publishing|year=2019|title=Canada: History, culture, and geography of music|last=Keillor|first=Elaine|pages=446–454|isbn=978-1-4833-1775-5}}</ref> <ref name="Lee">{{cite web|url=https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2018/09/26/feature-search-musical-instrument-bank-wont-break-bank/|title=In search of a musical instrument bank that won't break the bank|last=Lee|first=Hye Won Cecilia|website=Ludwig-Van|publisher=Museland Media|date=26 September 2018|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="MacArthur">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/programs/daybreak/musical-instrument-bank-chamber-music-1.3629112|title=Rare instruments in action at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival|last=MacArthur|first=Cecilia|publisher=CBC News|date=13 June 2016|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="Robb">{{cite web|url=https://artsfile.ca/the-canada-council-banks-on-music/|title= The Canada Council banks on music|last=Robb|first=Peter|website=Artsfile|date=22 August 2018|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="Sadler">{{cite web|url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/cozio-carteggio/canada-council-musical-instrument-bank/|title=Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank|last=Sadler|first=Naomi|work=Cozio Archive|date=8 March 2016|access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="Wassenberg">{{cite web|url=https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2023/08/16/scoop-canada-council-arts-announces-2023-musical-instrument-bank-competition-winners/|title=Canada Council For The Arts Announces 2023 Musical Instrument Bank Competition Winners|last=Wassenberg|first=Anya|website=Ludwig-Van|publisher=Museland Media|date=16 August 2023|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="CBC2012">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/instrument-bank-grants-rare-violins-cellos-to-young-artists-1.1183496|title=Instrument Bank grants rare violins, cellos to young artists|publisher=CBC News|date=26 September 2012|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="CCA">{{cite web|url=https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/musical-instrument-bank/guidelines-musical-instrument-bank|title=Musical Instrument Bank competition for fine violins, cellos and a cello bow: Guidelines|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="Strad">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestrad.com/canada-council-acquires-violins-and-cellos-valued-at-c16m/1302.article|title=Canada Council acquires violins and cellos valued at C$1.6m|publisher=The Strad|date=8 July 2012|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref>
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===Instrument Music Bank=== {{reflist|group=IMB|refs= <ref name="1696 Stradivarius">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1696-stradivarius-bonjour-cello|title=ca. 1696 Bonjour Stradivarius cello|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1706 Tecchler">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1706-brott-turner-tecchler-cello|title=1706 Brott-Turner Tecchler cello |publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1730 Celoniati">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1730-joannes-franciscus-celoniatus-newland-cello|title=1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1750 Gagliano">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1750-gennaro-gagliano-cello|title=ca. 1750 Gennaro Gagliano cello|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1769 Guillami">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1769-joannes-guillami-cello|title=1769 Joannes Guillami cello|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1824 Gagliano">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1824-mcconnell-nicolaus-gagliano-cello|title=1824 McConnell Nicolaus Gagliano II cello|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1929 Oddone">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1929-carlo-giuseppe-oddone-cello|title=1929 Carlo Giuseppe Oddone cello|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1689 Stradivarius">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1689-baumgartner-stradivarius-violin|title=1689 Baumgartner Stradivarius violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1700 Stradivari">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1700-stradivarius-taft-violin|title=1700 Taft Stradivarius violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1700 Tononi">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1700-giovanni-tononi-bell-violin|title=ca. 1700 Bell Giovanni Tononi violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1715 Montagnana">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1715-dominicus-montagnana-violin|title=1715 Dominicus Montagnana violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1717 Stradivari">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1717-stradivarius-windsor-weinstein-violin|title=1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivari violin |publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1747 Gagliano">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1747-januarius-gagliano-palmason-violin|title=1747 Palmason Januarius Gagliano violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1757 Tononi">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1757-carlo-tononi-bolognese-violin|title=1757 Carlo Tononi Bolognese Violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1759 Serafin">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1759-jeanne-lamon-santo-serafin-violin|title=ca. 1759 Jeanne Lamon Santo Serafin violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1768 Gagliano">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1768-januarius-gagliano-miller-violin|title=1768 Miller Januarius Gagliano violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1820 Pressenda">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1820-joannes-franciscus-pressenda-violin|title=1820 Joannes Franciscus Pressenda violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1830 Chanot">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1830-1850-eckhardt-gramatte-joachim-georges-chanot-violin|title=ca. 1830-1850 Eckhardt-Gramatte Joachim Georges Chanot I violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1851 Vuillaume">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1851-jean-baptiste-vuillaume-violin|title=1851 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1869 Vuillaume">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1869-jean-baptiste-vuillaume-violin-and-bow|title=1869 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin (with Vuillaume model bow) |publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1871 Vuillaume">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1871-jean-baptiste-vuillaume-violin|title=1871 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1900 Scarampella">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1900-stefano-scarampella-violin|title=1900 Stefano Scarampella violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> <ref name="1902 Rocca">{{cite web|url=https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/instruments/1902-enrico-rocca-violin|title=1902 Enrico Rocca violin|publisher=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> }}
==External links== *[https://instrumentbank.canadacouncil.ca/ Musical Instrument Bank] *[https://canadacouncil.ca/spotlight/2018/09/audition-week-musical-instrument-bank Audition week] (2018) at the Canadian Council for the Arts
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