diff --git a/Lib/aifc.py b/Lib/aifc.py
index f663dd6..8e4f864 100644
--- a/Lib/aifc.py
+++ b/Lib/aifc.py
@@ -144,9 +144,6 @@
 
 _AIFC_version = 0xA2805140L     # Version 1 of AIFF-C
 
-_skiplist = 'COMT', 'INST', 'MIDI', 'AESD', \
-      'APPL', 'NAME', 'AUTH', '(c) ', 'ANNO'
-
 def _read_long(file):
     try:
         return struct.unpack('>l', file.read(4))[0]
@@ -314,10 +311,6 @@
                 self._version = _read_ulong(chunk)
             elif chunkname == 'MARK':
                 self._readmark(chunk)
-            elif chunkname in _skiplist:
-                pass
-            else:
-                raise Error, 'unrecognized chunk type '+chunk.chunkname
             chunk.skip()
         if not self._comm_chunk_read or not self._ssnd_chunk:
             raise Error, 'COMM chunk and/or SSND chunk missing'
diff --git a/Lib/test/Sine-1000Hz-300ms.aif b/Lib/test/Sine-1000Hz-300ms.aif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf08f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/Sine-1000Hz-300ms.aif
Binary files differ
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_aifc.py b/Lib/test/test_aifc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e5b2e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_aifc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from test.test_support import findfile, run_unittest
+import unittest
+
+import aifc
+
+
+class AIFCTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.sndfilepath = findfile('Sine-1000Hz-300ms.aif')
+
+    def test_skipunknown(self):
+        #Issue 2245
+        #This file contains chunk types aifc doesn't recognize.
+        f = aifc.open(self.sndfilepath)
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_params(self):
+        f = aifc.open(self.sndfilepath)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getnchannels(), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getsampwidth(), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getframerate(), 48000)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getnframes(), 14400)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getcomptype(), 'NONE')
+        self.assertEqual(f.getcompname(), 'not compressed')
+        self.assertEqual(f.getparams(), (2, 2, 48000, 14400, 'NONE', 'not compressed'))
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_read(self):
+        f = aifc.open(self.sndfilepath)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0b\xd4\x0b\xd4')
+        f.rewind()
+        pos0 = f.tell()
+        self.assertEqual(pos0, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0b\xd4\x0b\xd4')
+        pos2 = f.tell()
+        self.assertEqual(pos2, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), '\x17t\x17t"\xad"\xad')
+        f.setpos(pos2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), '\x17t\x17t"\xad"\xad')
+        f.setpos(pos0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0b\xd4\x0b\xd4')
+        f.close()
+
+    #XXX Need more tests!
+
+
+def test_main():
+    run_unittest(AIFCTest)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sundry.py b/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
index e7499ae..3b91d65 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     def test_at_least_import_untested_modules(self):
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             import CGIHTTPServer
-            import aifc
             import audiodev
             import bdb
             import cgitb