We the undersigned request that attention be paid to the collection
of antique instruments in the possession of the Victoria and Albert
Museum, South Kensington, London, with reference to the proposed
removal from public display on 22/02/10. We request that all efforts
be made to prevent the instruments being put into storage, that,
should storage be unavoidable, it be for a finite, agreed period, and
that the secure fate of the instruments be decided before the display
is dismantled, delaying the 'decanting' of Gallery 40, if needed, to
protect and preserve these irreplaceable specimens.