Musical Instrument Check-out – In collaboration with the Lopez Island School Music Advocacy Foundation, as well as instrument donations and repair help from many Lopezians, the Lopez Island Library has a wonderful collection of instruments that circulate for a month at a time and can be renewed by any library card holder.
The New York Times featured The Lopez Library as an “innovator” among public libraries due to our musical instrument checkout program in the March 7, 2014 article, “Breaking out of the library mold.”
Our Musical Instrument collection continues to grow, and we welcome functioning instrument donations. Here is a list of the instruments currently in our collection, all available to check-out with a library card:
Accordions
Banjos
Bongo Drums
Keyboards
Cellos
Clarinets
Flugelhorn
Flutes
French Horn
Acoustic Guitars
Electric Guitars
Mandolins
Keyboards
Recorders
Ukuleles
Violas
Violins (various sizes)