A free way to make tunes: Instrument library coming to Windsor library

A donated instrument becomes more than an instrument, it becomes an opportunity. We are delighted to introduce to you the Robert Franz Play It Forward Instrument Lending Library. We will begin by inviting our community to donate instruments that may be sitting unused in closets, basements, or attics. Working together, the WSO and the Rotary Club of Canada South will help ensure that donated instruments are assessed, cleaned, repaired where necessary, and prepared for their next chapter. Once an instrument is ready, it will be cataloged into the Windsor Public Library system where community members can borrow it using their library card. Just like borrowing a book, you can request an instrument and have it delivered to the library branch that's most convenient for you. Someone who has always wanted to learn an instrument but couldn't justify the cost of purchasing one will now have the opportunity to try. Today I'm donating a silver flute. It was passed on to me by my mother. I think it's a great opportunity for everyone else to get the chance to learn as well. I feel blessed to have something like this in my family already for so many years and how grateful of an opportunity is it for me to be able to see not just one person but our whole community have the opportunity to use it as well. As a parent intuitively I knew that music was really important for brain development and so I enrolled them in music as soon as they were old enough to play and that's been part of our life ever since. Really any instrument is great. It all you know functions the same way in your brain. It helps to engage both hemispheres of your brain simultaneously. This program brings together what each of our partners does best. The Windsor Symphony Orchestra brings expertise in music, instruments and the importance of music education. Rotary brings its incredible ability to mobilize community members around a shared goal of making a difference. And the Windsor Public Library brings its expertise in lending, connecting people with resources and making those resources accessible to everyone.