Amati instruments returning to Saskatchewan

Posted April 26, 1997


Amati instruments returning to Saskatchewan

Saskatoon SK, April 25, 1997 -- The Board of Governors today voted to
extend the agreement allowing the Lafayette Quartet in Victoria to use a
valuable quartet of Amati string instruments for another 12 months. The
Board emphasized that this will be the final agreement with the Lafayette
Quartet, and the instruments will definitely be returned to Saskatchewan
at the end of a year.

The extension will allow us an opportunity to put in place arrangements
for the instruments to be used as the basis for a string program at the
University of Saskatchewan, said Mr. Hal Wyatt, Board Chair. We've
had a number of creative proposals put forward for the best way to use
these instruments to the benefit of Saskatchewan residents. We must now
deal with the financial feasability of those proposals.

The Board will establish a committee which will include the board chair,
two board members, representaatives from the music department, the
Amati Committe, and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra to develop a
plan which will set out the use to which the instruments will be put on their
return.

For more information, please contact:

Mr. Hal Wyatt, Chair
Board of Governors
(306) 652-6770 (Sheraton Cavalier)
(403) 240-5519
(403) 233-7538