The wonderful Jon Singer has a weird sort of problem, and you are the sort of people who might help him. He is custodian of a traditional Javanese gamelan (~1.5t worth) and it needs a home. From Patrick Nielsen Hayden:
As some of you are aware, the small non-profit research institute that has employed Jon Singer for the past thirteen years is folding its tents, and he's looking for a new situation. With luck he'll find something that will make good use of his famously wide-ranging and eccentric talents.
Meanwhile, for reasons too complicated to explain—and yet perfectly Jon Singerish—he is currently spending over $200 a month to store a full-size gamelan, which is to say, a complete set of the instruments played by a traditional Javanese ensemble in both scales. Essentially, we're talking about a ton and a half of bronze, plus various wooden bits and parts.
Fond though he is of traditional Indonesian music, Jon does not actually foresee having a constant need for this assemblage, and he would like it to find a good home. Interested parties should be prepared to either pick it up in person (Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC) or arrange for its carting and shipping. Inquiries should go to Jon Singer at jon@jonsinger.org.
As Patrick mentions, Jon also needs a job. He's a pretty amazing dude.
Jon Singer's problems are not like your problems
(Pictured: Part of Emory University's gamelan, near-twin to Jon's. Not pictured: Jon Singer's friends' complete lack of surprise upon hearing that his current logistical problem entails having become responsible for the storage of a one-and-a-half-ton set of highly specialized musical instruments.)
