Instrument Repair & Lending Program
Inspired by the musings of a couple of OCCS board members about how to help music students in the area, the OCCS Musical Instrument Lending and Repair Program was born.
The City of Parksville has kindly provided $500 to the program from its Grant-in-Aid fund and the following local luthiers and instrument repair shops have stepped up to donate their time for repairs:
- Rufus’ Island Guitar Shop
- Arbutus Music
- SJ Guitars and Luthiery Training (formerly Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair)
- High Note Musical Services
- Fine Tuning Nanaimo
To date 17 instruments have been donated and 15 have been repaired and are ready to be loaned to deserving Oceanside music students. These include: clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, flutes, trombones, a recorder and a guitar.
Local teachers will identify children in need of instruments in their music programs and OCCS will lend the instruments out as long as they are needed.
Instrument Gathering Dust?
Check your cupboards and, if you have an old saxophone, viola, or (even a) tuba gathering dust in your closet, how about donating it to OCCS so that we can bring a smile to a child starting in a music program next year?
All instruments donated will be assessed and a tax receipt will be issued for those valued over $20.