Artifacts in use: the paradox of restoration and the conservation of organs
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
........................................................xiii
Acknowledgements
................................................xv
Toward an Informed Balance: How to Read this Book
............................xvii
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ORGAN CONSERVATION
.....................3
1.1
Introduction
.................................................3
1.1.1
Coming to Terms with Restoration, Conservation, and Preservation
...............3
1.1.2
Historic Organs
..............................................6
1.1.3
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
.....................................8
1.2
The Foundations of Heritage: The Past, Evidence and History
....................10
1.2.1
The Past: What Really Happened
..................................11
1.2.2
Evidence: The Remnants of the Past
.................................11
1.2.3
History: The Written Reconstruction of the Past
..........................13
1.2.4
Heritage: The Adaptive Reuse of History
..............................13
1.2.5
Conclusion: Restoration and the Foundations of Heritage
....................15
1.3
Window Theory: The Case for Combining Perspectives
........................16
1.4
Judging Value: The
Lipe
Taxonomy
...................................19
1.4.1
Associative /Symbolic Value
.....................................19
1.4.2
Informational/Documentary Value
.................................21
1.4.3
Aesthetic/Emotional Value
.....................................22
1.4.4
Economic/Utilitarian Value
.....................................22
1.4.5
Case Study: Evaluating Digital Voices
................................23
1.5
Values of the Beholder: The Riegl Taxonomy
..............................24
1.5.1
Present Day Values
...........................................25
1.5.1.1
NewnessValue
..........................................26
1.5.1.2
UseValue
.............................................26
1.5.2
Commemorative Values
........................................27
1.5.2.1
Historical Value
.........................................27
1.5.2.2
AgeValue
.............................................28
1.5.2.3
Heritage Value: Introducing the Paradox of Restoration
..................29
1.5.3
The Role ofValues in the Lifecycle of Artifacts
...........................29
1.6
Organs as Primary Documents: A Paradigm
..............................33
1.6.1
Primary Documents are Sources of Historical Information
....................34
1.6.2
Future Scholars Have an Equal Right to Historical Documents
.................35
1.6.3
Primary Documents are Perishable and Irreplaceable
......................35
1.6.4
Interpretations Continuously Change
................................36
1.6.5
Primary Documents are Never Edited Directly:
Interpretations are Made Through New Publications
.......................36
1.6.6
Preservation is Stabilization in the Present Evolved State
....................38
CONTENTS
1.7
The Paradox of Restoration
........................................38
1.7.1
An Ancient Conundrum
........................................39
1.7.2
The Organ and the Paradox: A Case Study
.............................41
1.7.3
You Always Hurtthe One You Love
.................................44
1.7.4
Denials ofthe Paradox of Restoration
................................45
1.7.4.1
Restorer as Life Giver
......................................46
1.7.4.2
Restorer as Associate, Heir, or Deputy ofthe Original Builder
...............47
1.7.4.3
Restoreras
Artist
........................................49
1.7.4.4
Restorer as Fulfiller of Destiny: The Simplification Fallacy
................50
1.7.4.5
Restoration and Capitalism
..................................53
1.7.5
Restoration Threatens Historical Evidence: An Interdisciplinary View
.............54
1.7.5.1
Analogies with Musical Performance
.............................55
1.7.5.2
Analogies from Archaeology
..................................57
1.8
Coping with the Paradox of Restoration: A Search forTruth
.....................59
1.8.1
The Truth you Feel: Musical Experience
..............................59
1.8.2
The Truth you are Told: Restoration Guidelines
..........................60
1.8.2.1
Conservation Ethics?
.......................................61
1.8.3
The Truth of Reason: Risk Management and Cost-Benefit Analysis
...............62
1.8.3.1
Rarity and Significance
.....................................63
1.8.3.2
Risk in Restoration
.......................................64
1.8.3.3
RiskinUse
............................................64
1.8.3.4
Prospects for Future Care
...................................65
1.8.3.5
Cost-Benefit Analysis
......................................65
1.8.4
The Truth You Perceive: Science
...................................66
1.9
Form and Substance: Serving Two Masters
...............................67
1.9.1
Restorative Conservation:
Restoring Form and Preserving Substance
.............................72
1.9.2
The Separate Cultures of Restoration and Conservation
.....................74
1.9.2.1
The Restorative-Conservation Negotiation: A Merging of Cultures
...........76
1.10
Artistic and Philological Judgment in Restoration
...........................77
1.10.1
Imitative Restoration: Restoring in Style
..............................80
1.10.2
Restoring Beauty: Artistic Judgments in Restoration
.......................82
1.10.3
Restoring the Original Builder s Intent?
...............................83
1.10.4
Positivism and Antipositivism
....................................84
1.11
Preservation Worthiness
.........................................86
1.11.1
Identifying Preservation Worthiness
................................87
1.11.2
Matching Preservation Efforts to Preservation Worthiness
...................89
1.11.3
The Case for Reproducing in Part or in Whole
...........................90
1.11.4
The Case for Registries of Historic Instruments
..........................96
:
AN INTRODUCTION TO CONSERVATION: CONSIDERATIONS FOR ORGAN SPECIALISTS
.....99
2.1
What is Conservation?
...........................................99
2.1.1
Tradition and Conservation
.....................................101
2.1.2
The Elements of Conservation
...................................102
2.1.2.1
The Accessibility Objective
..................................103
CONTENTS
2.1.2.2
The Durability Objective
...................................104
2.1.2.3
The Integrity Objective
....................................105
2.1.2.4
The Practicality Objective
..................................106
2.1.3
The Actions of Conservation
....................................107
2.2
Investigation
...............................................108
2.2.1
Investigative Process
.........................................111
2.2.2
Evidence-Collecting Methods
....................................112
2.2.3
Tools
-
Forensic
&
Scientific Instrumental Analysis
........................114
2.2.4
Investigating and Recording Physical Condition
..........................116
2.2.5
Investigating Causes of Deterioration and Testing Treatment Options
.............117
2.3
Intervention Principles
.........................................120
2.3.1
All Intervention is Alteration
....................................120
2.3.2
Making Interventions Detectable
.................................121
2.3.3
Targeting and Minimizing Treatments
..............................123
2.3.4
Reversibility: a Useful Myth
...................................127
2.3.5
Additive Treatments
.........................................129
2.3.6
When Old Is Beautiful: Aesthetics and Conservation
.......................131
2.3.7
Correcting Original Mistakes
...................................134
2.3.8
Removing or Replacing Alterations and Non-Original Components
.............135
2.3.9
GoingFarEnough
..........................................137
2.3.10
Criteria for Treatments
.......................................138
2.4
Practical Intervention
..........................................140
2.4.1
Stabilizing
...............................................140
2.4.1.1
Chemical Breakdown: Corrosion
...............................141
2.4.1.2
Chemical Breakdown: Organic Materials
..........................144
2.4.1.3
Biological Attack
.......................................145
2.4.1.4
Stabilization Summary
....................................146
2.4.2
Surface restoration: Cleaning and Refinishing
.........................146
2.4.3
Choosing Conservation Materials
.................................151
2.4.3.1
Introduction
..........................................151
2.4.3.2
Solvents
............................................152
2.4.3.3
Adhesives
...........................................153
2.4.3.4
Consolidants
and Coatings
..................................155
2.4.4
Substituting Reproduction or Used Parts
............................155
2.4.5
Filling Partial losses
.........................................156
2.4.6
Archiving Materials
.........................................158
2.5
Preventive Conservation: Slowing the Effects of Time
.......................159
2.5.1
Pollution
...............................................160
2.5.2
Light
..................................................162
2.5.3
Moisture and Humidity
.......................................163
2.5.4
Biological Pests
...........................................166
2.5.5
Physical FACTORS
...........................................168
2.5.6
Use
...................................................169
2.5.6.1
Preservation Through Use: Truth and Consequences
...................170
2.6
Conservation Documentation
.....................................171
xi¡
CONTENTS
2.6.1
Practical Documentation
...................................... 173
2.6.2
Further Guidelines for Documentation
.............................. 178
2.6.3
Judgment in Conservation Reporting
............................... 178
2.6.4
Safeguarding Documentation
................................... 179
2.7
Practical Considerations
......................................... 181
2.7.1
The Economics of Conservation
.................................. 181
2.7.2
Conservation Training
........................................ 182
2.7.3
Getting Conservation Assistance
.................................. 184
3
FOR CONSERVATION SPECIALISTS:
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE RESTORATIVE CONSERVATION OF ORGANS
............187
3.1
How Organs are Different from Other Historic Objects
.......................187
3.1.1
The Implications of Size for Organ Conservation
......................... 187
3.1.2
Preserving an Ephemeral Art
................................... 188
3.1.3
The Validity of Restoring and Using Historic Organs
...................... 188
3.2
Conservation Ethics and the Treatment of Organs in Use
...................... 190
3.2.1
Balancing Historical Integrity with Aesthetic Integrity
..................... 190
3.2.2
Balancing Preservation of Material and Preservation of Utility
................ 192
3.2.3
Compensation for Loss
....................................... 192
3.2.4
Collaborative Relationships
..................................... 193
3.2.5
The Increased Importance of Documentation
.......................... 194
4
A TEAM APPROACH TO MAJOR CONSERVATION PROJECTS
....................195
4.1
Building a Conservation Team
.....................................195
4.1.1
Benefiting from Differences of Perspective
...........................198
4.2
The Conservation Sequence
......................................199
4.2.1
Phase One: Research, Preliminary Examination, and Selection of the Project Team
.... 199
4.2.2
Phase Two: Physical Examination
.................................201
4.2.3
Phase Three: The Treatment Proposal
...............................202
4.2.4
Phase Four: Conservation Treatment
...............................203
4.2.5
Phase Five: Preventive Conservation
...............................204
5
CONCLUSION
.................................................205
Appendix
1.
The Companion Web site
......................................211
Appendix
2.
The Organs
.............................................213
Appendix
3.
The OHS Guidelines for Conservation
..............................221
Appendix
4.
Photo Credits and Notes
.....................................227
Bibliography
...................................................229
Index
........................................................243
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