On a regular basis, Red Bank’s three music stores – Folk Music Store, Fiddlers Anonymous and Consistent-C Winds – have people come in with instruments to donate that they either no longer want or need. Some are playable and others need a few repairs, which the store owners are typically willing to do at no cost so that they can then provide someone with an instrument who otherwise could not afford one.
Folk Music Store owner Steve Daugherty’s friend Bill Honeycutt recently delivered donated instruments to Momance School in Haiti on a mission trip. The students could use more, Honeycutt told Daugherty. So he contacted the other store owners about collecting instruments to send with a group going to the school this month.
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Donate acoustic stringed instruments at Fiddlers Anonymous, 2248 Dayton Blvd.Donate woodwind and brass instruments at Consistent-C, 3801 Dayton Blvd.Donate stringed instruments (electric or acoustic) at Folk Music Store, 3411 Dayton Blvd.
Their goal is to collect 36 instruments, one for each person in the group to carry on the plane. Any additional instruments will be donated to Red Bank Baptist Church, which fills containers with a variety of donations on a monthly basis to send to Honduras, where the church does mission work.
All three stores have been helping to provide instruments for people in need for years, and all accept donated instruments on an ongoing basis, said Daugherty.