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Mr. Briggs from Tacoma, WA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Upgrade Our Brass to Plastic Mouthpieces

Help me give my students plastic mouthpieces and buzz devices for their brass instruments

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Briggs's classroom raised $1,142

This project is fully funded

My Project

High school students need to upgrade to different sized mouthpieces for brass instruments. Metal mouthpieces can run between $50 and $100 each.

Plastic Mouthpieces are an inexpensive and effective way to allow our brass students to upgrade their mouthpieces and improve their sound.

These new mouthpieces will help us to get a quality sound and develop a more skillful performance.

We are also asking for BERP devices (Buzz Extension for Resistance Practice). These hook the mouthpiece on the instrument without the attaching to the instrument and let students create the sounds with just the mouthpiece. This is an amazing tool for developing musicians.

Mr. Briggs Lincoln High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Tacoma, WA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

55 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Plastic Trumpet Mouthpieces Clear • Woodwind and Brasswind $13.99 13 $181.87
Buzz Extension and Resistance Piece for Small Shank Trombone / Medium Shank Euphonium • Woodwind and Brasswind $19.95 9 $179.55
Buzz Extension and Resistance Piece for Trumpet • Woodwind and Brasswind $18.08 8 $144.64
Faxx Plastic Trombone Mouthpiece Small Shank Clear • Woodwind and Brasswind $17.99 6 $107.94
Faxx Plastic Trombone Mouthpiece Large Shank Clear • Woodwind and Brasswind $19.99 5 $99.95
Faxx Plastic Tuba/Sousaphone Mouthpiece Clear • Woodwind and Brasswind $24.99 3 $74.97
Buzz Extension and Resistance Piece for Large Shank Trombone / Euphonium • Woodwind and Brasswind $15.95 4 $63.80

Materials cost

$852.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $74.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$970.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$171.20

Total project goal

$1,141.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,141.32

8 Donors

-$918.38

Donations toward project cost

-$783.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$135.26

Matching donations from our partners

-$220.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$187.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.94

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 $0.00

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