String instruments 'woken up' for special performance

RN Breakfast - Separate stories podcast

A string quartet made from musicians at the Canberra Symphony Orchestra will perform tonight on instruments that have been a part of the National Museums collection since the 1970s.

The instruments made by Australia's pre eminent violin Maker Arthur Edward Smith had to be "woken up" by conservators to be ready to used again.

• Guest: Jennifer Brian, Lead Curator at the National Museum of Australia
• Producer: Max Chalmers & Madeleine Spencer