Donate Musical Instruments

Putting No Longer Used Musical Instruments to Use

Check your closets, under the bed, in the attic, or any other hiding place where you might have stored yours or your child’s old musical instrument so YOU can help another student play a musical instrument.

In 2014, the Foundation learned that each year some students could not enroll in a band or orchestra class because the loaner instrument pool was not large enough to meet the number of students seeking an instrument.

From this conversation, the DDEF Musical Instrument Campaign began. This year-round campaign is truly worthwhile! It gives students the opportunity to take a band or orchestra class who otherwise would not be able to participate. To date, up to 196 additional students each year may participate in these classes. Thanks to generous donations, the following instruments are now available to David Douglas students:

Banjo, Cellos, Clarinets, Concertina, Coronet, Cymbals, Didgeridoo, Drums (African, Bongo, Djembe, Kalimba, Kpanlogo, Snare, Wood Tongue), Ehru, Electronic Keyboards, Flutes, French Horn, Guitars, Mandolin, Recorder, Saxophones, Saz, Synthesizers (1 Keytar, 1 Full), Tambourines, Trombones, Trumpets, Ukelele, Viola, and Violins.

Thank you! It’s always fun to add a new type of instrument to our list. This year (2024), among the 17 donations, we added a Viola!

June 2024 update: During the 2023-2024 school year, 17 musical instruments were donated. For pictures of some of the more unusual instruments received over the years (Didgeridoo, Djembe drum), see our “Success Stories” here. (You may have to scroll through the stories or click “older” to see more stories in this section.)

Since our Musical Instrument Campaign began in 2014, our supporters have donated a grand total of 196 instruments!

With your donations, we hope that no child will be turned away from enrolling in a band or orchestra class. See “How to Donate a Musical Instrument”  for donation instructions.

Note: Your donations have been so generous, we have enough guitars for now and temporarily can no longer accept guitars (electric and acoustical).

Thank you for your support!