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Mrs. B. from Carlsbad CA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Make the Difference Between Sound and Silence

Help me give my students a mallet bag for proper storage, reeds, shoulder rests, tuners, and valve oil.

  • 1 donor
  • $548 still needed

expires Sep 05

  • 1 donor
  • $548 still needed
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We just returned from our annual music festival and our students played their hearts out! They were able to do that with supplies donated by donors like you! We need to replenish our supply!

These supplies help our young musicians add beautiful sound to the silence of our classroom.

Reeds allow clarinets and saxophones to make music. Shoulder rests allow violins and violas to hold their instruments well so they can make music. A mallet bag will help our percussionists keep their mallets organized and protected so they can continue to make music. Valve oil and tuning slide grease helps keep our brass instruments moving smoothly. Tuners allow all instruments to tune up so that the band or orchestra will sound balanced and blended.

Mrs. B.
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Snark Black Silver Snark Clip-On Tuner 4-Pack • Music & Arts $79.96 1 $79.96
Blue Juice Valve Oil • Music & Arts $4.99 10 $49.90
Promark Hanging Mallet Bag • Music & Arts $46.99 1 $46.99
Mitchell Lurie Bb Clarinet Reeds Strength 3 Box of 10 • Music & Arts $21.50 2 $43.00
Frederick Hemke Tenor Saxophone Reeds Strength 3 Box of 5 • Music & Arts $21.49 2 $42.98
Frederick Hemke Baritone Saxophone Reeds Strength 3 Box of 5 • Music & Arts $29.99 1 $29.99
Frederick Hemke Alto Saxophone Reeds Strength 3 Box of 5 • Music & Arts $14.50 2 $29.00
Everest Easy Model Violin Shoulder Rest 4/4 and 3/4 • Music & Arts $13.99 2 $27.98
Everest Easy Model Violin Shoulder Rest 3/4 and 1/2 • Music & Arts $13.99 2 $27.98
Superslick Tuning Slide Grease • Music & Arts $1.99 10 $19.90

Materials cost

$397.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.39

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$470.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.95

Total project goal

$552.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $552.99

1 Donor

-$5.00

Donations toward project cost

-$4.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.75

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 $547.99

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