Musical instrument banks : online materials

This report summarises the outcome of IFACCA's eighth D'Art question. This report was initiated by a request from UNESCO's Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity, which was searching for materials to help it formulate a project to develop instrument donation schemes in Africa. The report surveys programs that lend musical instruments such as instrument banks, libraries and loan schemes. The report distinguishes between two types of 'banks': (i) community access, where instruments are supplied to people who are unable to access instruments in order to encourage musical creation; and (ii) professional development, where good quality instruments are supplied to people with some musical experience to encourage improved playing. The report provides links to key online materials for existing schemes and describes some common elements of musical instrument banks.