Help me give my students these new bows to help improve their orchestra class experience.
$2,708 goal
This project expired on November 14, 2025.
This project expired on November 14, 2025.
My Project
Hello, I teach in a Title I middle school that provides all of my students with musical instruments. A large amount of our violins, violas, and cellos are quite old and while they are still great instruments, the bows that are with them are not in good shape. Bows need to be rehaired as they slowly shed their hairs and over time the bows have less and less hair.
New bows will help improve my students playing as they will be able to produce and larger and fuller sound because there is more hair having contact with the strings on the instrument.
It can be very frustrating for students playing on bows that have very little hair left as they cannot produce as full of a sound and makes them work far harder to play properly.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
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60 students impacted
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