The Curt Sachs Award 1990
André Pierre Larson
The Board of Governors of the American Musical Instrument Society
designated André Pierre Larson the recipient of the Curt Sachs Award
for the year 1990 in grateful recognition of his achievements of
as educator, scholar, collector, and exhibitor, past President of
the American Musical Instrument Society, and Director of America's
Shrine to Music Museum at the University of South Dakota; in appreciation
of his connoisseurship, skill, and perseverance in creating a major
international resource in South Dakota for the study, exhibition,
and conservation of historical musical instruments; and, in acknowledgment
of his devotion and superior administrative ability in successfully
guiding the AMIS through its last formative stages, his editorship
of the AMIS Newsletter, and his generosity in making his staff and
facilities available for the conduct of the business of the Society.