As far as I'm concerned Oggie's summation of the situation is spot on - this has been the situation since Kennedy decided to adopt the collection as his own and remains the situation now. The only thing that has changed is that Kennedy's death has made it possible to discuss the collection openly. It is to the credit of Musical Traditions that they have instigated this discussion
If the bodies that allowed him to act the way he did had lived up to their responsiblities none of this would have been necessary and the future of the collection would not now be in doubt.
If we address Oggie's points rather than nit-picking and mud-slinging we might (just) reach a consensus - though personally, I really think it is down to EFDSS to sort out the mess they have been partially responsible for.
Dave, you really do present us with a Catch 22 situation - we couldn't discuss the collection while he was alive because of his threats, now we can't discuss it because he is dead. We've all said what we think of his behaviour; perhaps if we now concentrated on the collection and its future we might get somewhere.
Jim Carroll