Roslindale Music Non-Profit Asking For Instrument Donations

WBZ NewsRadio's Chaiel Schaffel reports. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The warm hum of strings rolls around the second floor
of a retail building in rawson Dale. It's the headquarters
of Music Connects, a nonprofit that teaches kids to play instruments.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
When I'm all my free time, I like to make
stuff up.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
Thomas O'Toole is a fourth grader part of the summer
program here. The organization says it's trying to teach more
kids and for that it needs more instruments.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
And sometimes for budget restrictions, we can't offer all the
instruments and music lessons to all the kids in our community.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Elizabeth Cook is the artistic director. They're asking for donated violins, violas,
and cellos from people who don't need.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Them anymore, adults in our community who used to play
an instrument when they were younger, or it was like
a hobby that they had when they were younger.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
The nonprofit would normally rent the violins it uses from
a local company, but that's begun to cost too much
and it's preventing them from teaching more kids. They especially
need the instruments before the busy school season. Kyle Shaffel WBZ,
Boston's news radio