I’m happy to read that the symphony’s assets are still in Honolulu. Now I hope things work out and they can form a new group!

Along with the music library, the purchase included percussion instruments, a harp and two grand pianos. Mr. Polivka said he hoped the former symphony musicians would be hired. Steven Monder, the retired president of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and JoAnn Falletta, the music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, are helping develop the plan, he said