Orphaned Instruments Fund
Donation protected
This is NOT a life or death fundraiser. It isn't going to pay for my cats, or my dog, or my going back to school at 44 (all of which could use money)... you see, i adopt orphaned instruments....
and then i donate them to students who couldn't afford one.
i find them the way other people find stray cats (except i find stray cats too)
Take this one for instance
This was on the ride home after i found her in an "Antique/Junk" shop. They had an old upright piano outside that had been left out in the rain, sun, and snow and was disintegrating in place, with its ivory peeling off in sheets.
i simply couldn't leave the old girl there, could i?
i already had my great grandfather's Ole Bull violin (an 1800's student violin, of no particular value) that i couldn't afford to restore, what was i going to do now?
crowd-source.
i am raising money to restore first this grand old Lady (estimated cost about $300 dollars, but it could go up)... and then the yard sale finds, the flea market finds, and the "i have this old violin, you can have it... but its in need of repair" violins. MOST of them only need new strings and a bridge (and a case and a bow). i don't usually spend money on serious repairs unless the violin has a great sound.
EDITED to better explain: i only keep one practice violin, and my great grandfather's....
the rest get donated to students who couldn't buy their own
yes i tend to "trade up" my practice violin as i find a better one. so far the "better one" has been the one i spent my own out of pocket money restoring.
Edited again to add: While i admit i have more experience with violins, and i currently seem to find violins... i am not limited to violins. If i find an instrument that can be donated to a new student, i do so.
and then i donate them to students who couldn't afford one.
i find them the way other people find stray cats (except i find stray cats too)
Take this one for instance
This was on the ride home after i found her in an "Antique/Junk" shop. They had an old upright piano outside that had been left out in the rain, sun, and snow and was disintegrating in place, with its ivory peeling off in sheets.
i simply couldn't leave the old girl there, could i?
i already had my great grandfather's Ole Bull violin (an 1800's student violin, of no particular value) that i couldn't afford to restore, what was i going to do now?
crowd-source.
i am raising money to restore first this grand old Lady (estimated cost about $300 dollars, but it could go up)... and then the yard sale finds, the flea market finds, and the "i have this old violin, you can have it... but its in need of repair" violins. MOST of them only need new strings and a bridge (and a case and a bow). i don't usually spend money on serious repairs unless the violin has a great sound.
EDITED to better explain: i only keep one practice violin, and my great grandfather's....
the rest get donated to students who couldn't buy their own
yes i tend to "trade up" my practice violin as i find a better one. so far the "better one" has been the one i spent my own out of pocket money restoring.
Edited again to add: While i admit i have more experience with violins, and i currently seem to find violins... i am not limited to violins. If i find an instrument that can be donated to a new student, i do so.
Organizer
Kirsten Houseknecht
Organizer
Philadelphia, PA
