Newsletter No. 27

No.27 February 1992 Music Archives with minimal changes. Let's start our tour of the house from the ground floor. Entering through the main door into the hallway and turning right, we come to the guest room and Dr. Yung's study, which have now become the offices of Dr. John L. Witzleben and Dr. Chan Sau-yan. If we turn left, we shall find the former kitchen and the servants' quarters. The kitchen is now used as a pantry and the servants' quarters have become an office for teaching assistants. Going straight down the hallway, we shall find ourselves in the spacious living-cum-dining room. Armories are now set up at the sides, and in these imitations of ancient Chinese musical instruments are displayed. A big table is placed in a comer for cutting and pastingscrapbook clippings. With other pieces of old furniture taken away, the room can be used as a large classroom. Now we shall go up the first floor which houses three bedrooms plus a store room. The master bedroom has been turned into a reading room with its lavatory converted into a television room. The two rooms which were used by Dr. Yung's children have been changed into a store room for records and the director's office. Actually, the first floor has undergone hardly any real conversion. Only planks or shelves have been added here and there to maximize space utilization. By contrast, the basement has seen the greatest changes. Initially intended for table tennis and storage use, it has been repartitioned into five rooms for students to practise playing the organ, the piano, or the Chinese zheng. Destiny Unknown Who shall be the next occupant of the small house after the relocation of the Chinese Music Archives? Whilst short-term tenants will be those units to be affected by Phase 11 redevelopment of Chung Chi College, long term arrangements are yet to be worked out. Will the house be demolished? Will a third host be picked for the building? Let's wait and see. The former living-cum-dining room is large enoughto serve as a classroom. The director's office , formerly a bedroom for Dr. Yung's daughters. Pantry-cum-office for clerical staff , formerly the kitchen. The reading room, formerly the master bedroom. A music room in the basement for students to practise on the Chinese zheng. 7