It's Showtime For The Guthrie Center Instrument Lending Library By Kim McMann,
05:00AM / Friday, January 19, 2024 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — George Laye, founder of the instrument loan program at the Guthrie Center, was inspired to create the "Check it Out" musical instrument loan library after taking a stroll down memory lane. Laye said he was thinking about his mother participating in an orchestra as a young woman, and then he recalled years later discovering her long-forgotten violin in the attic. It occurred to him that there were probably musical instruments in many attics, storing songs meant to be played. "People buy their children instruments and after a few months, they decide it's not for them," he said. "Eventually, those
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