Musical Instrument Donation Drive
Flutes, clarinets, and a Didgeridoo.
Oh, my!
In November, the Foundation was contacted by Lucy Ohlsen of the Young Lawyers’ Section of the Multnomah Bar Association Committee on Service to the Public to discuss assisting the Foundation’s used instrument drive.
Within three weeks, a contact-free donation drive to collect used musical instruments for David Douglas School District was held on November 30, 2020. The successful drive resulted in donations of flutes, clarinets, drums (including a wood tongue drum), a keyboard, a trombone, a trumpet, and a didgeridoo.*
In addition, an anonymous donor pledged to help fund repairs needed for the donated instruments.
We look forward to placing these instruments into the hands of our music students soon!
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the event. We appreciate each of you!
What’s a didgeridoo? . . .
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument, played with continuously vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone. The didgeridoo was developed by Aboriginals of northern Australia about 1,500 years ago. It is now in use around the world though it’s still mostly associated with Indigenous Australian music. The didgeridoo is the first instrument pictured below.
Another interesting instrument, the wood tongue drum, is pictured to the right of the didgeridoo. It is of Aztec origin and was traditionally made from a hollowed log. In more modern versions, a wooden box is made with grooves cut into the top of the box.
