Steinway used for a fundraiser
The Huntington Woods Library, [Michigan] now has a new Steinway Piano.
The Mens Club and the friends of the Library raised the money for the piano.
The new Piano cost $51,000.00 A fully rebuilt piano would have cost about 25-30,000 USD.
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“It's just gorgeous,” said Friends of the Library President Toni Brandt. “We fell in love with it.”
Brandt was among those who went to look at the piano on Jan. 2; it was delivered Jan. 4 in plenty of time to mark the library's 50th anniversary celebration on Jan. 16. While that may seem rapid, and it is, the acquisition of the piano that cost $5,100 took a bit longer.
It seems that the Study Club came up with the idea of getting a new piano, and with the Men's Club, donated some funds. Then the Friends group pitched in with the largest share of the cost. The donation — and the celebration — seemed appropriate for each other.
The Friends group, which also is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2011, always hosts a musical in January, Brandt said, so the timing was perfect.
The Friends number nearly 500 members, she said. Brandt said she plans to issue a challenge to Pleasant Ridge, whose residents also use the library, “to get more involved in the Friends.”
“I want the membership to go up to a thousand,” she added.
