In June, I was working in Switzerland installing a multi-petabyte storage array for the Montreux Jazz Digital Project (http://metamedia.epfl.ch/montreux_jazz_di

In June, I was working in Switzerland installing a multi-petabyte storage array for the Montreux Jazz Digital Project (http://metamedia.epfl.ch/montreux_jazz_digital_project/archiving/digitize/digital_media_storage http://metamedia.epfl.ch/montreux_jazz_digital_project/archi...), and during a break in work, myself and a colleague were taken to the home of the late Claude Nobbs, founder of the Festival. The building houses the original recordings of the festival performances (everything from 2" Ampex to digibeta and beyond), plus an overwhelming collection of memorabilia from the guests that stayed in the house and chalets around the grounds; we saw a David Bowie kimono mounted like a large picture on a wall, motorbikes, guitars and other musical instruments, electronic audio equipment from numerous decades, jukeboxes, lots of model trains (Claude collected them)...and Freddie Mercury's piano. Having psychopathic tendencies (so my Mrs tells me), I don't get emotional about many things, but running my fingers across the piano was spine tingling - I really felt in the presence of greatness. /csb