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    I know Florida is a large state. Perhaps the family can do its own search but if you give us an area that may help some of us help them.

    Another possibility is to contact the Sarasota Mandolin Orchestra and see if they have any ideas. https://www.facebook.com/SarasotaMan...ibextid=LQQJ4d
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    We have started a musical instrument checkout at our library. We have multiple instruments, but you may be able to start a mandolin checkout where folks can check out a mandolin to see if it is an instrument they would like to play without buying one. You could even offer to sell the instrument if they liked to to benefit the library if they liked it.
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    One of our local libraries has a collection of instruments to borrow and play similar to borrowing books. One or two mandolins would be fine but I can’t imagine that a library would want 60 mandolins. I know we here at MC think everyone in the universe should play mandolin but the rest of the world doesn’t quite think that way. And 60 from the same unknown maker sounds a little crazy. I have a feeling that there would not be enough room in the storage section of a town library.

    I do think that another possibility might be a newly forming young mandolin orchestra and maybe someone who is thinking about organizing such a thing especially in Florida could contact the estate to se if that would work out. Just a suggestion… I am not not sure how that would work.
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    One way, albeit perhaps not attractive to the widow, would be to advertise the builder’s name, perhaps as a (local) newspaper article to see who knows more, perhaps owns or played one. 60 built in a total vacuum seems unlikely.
    I agree that mandolins as community instruments is likely remote, even in Little Italy.

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    Jim,

    Thanks for the recommendation but when I clicked on the link my computer's anti-viral program flagged it as infected and did not allow me to open it. Be careful on your end. Harry

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    Quote Originally Posted by hirsh152 View Post
    Jim,

    Thanks for the recommendation but when I clicked on the link my computer's anti-viral program flagged it as infected and did not allow me to open it. Be careful on your end. Harry
    If you are talking about Jim's Facebook link it is is fine. You might want to look at your antiviral program. A Facebook link shouldn't be doing a false positive. There is however a problem with the link on the Facebook page to the organization's website. It's a dead link. The Facebook page appears to be active.
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    There is a wonderful non-profit here in Athens GA that focuses on musician well-being. I copied this from their website:"Our mission is to prevent suicide. With a focus on musicians, Nuçi’s Space advocates for and helps to alleviate the suffering for those living with a brain illness and fights to end the stigma of mental illness.
    To accomplish our mission, Nuçi’s Space maintains a health and resource center for musicians as a safe space to seek support and guidance, provides access to affordable, obstacle-free professional care, actively participates in treatment and educates about awareness, prevention and the risk factors of brain illnesses."
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    I am sure that the "Handmade Music School" in Floyd VA would be very interested in having these instruments. The Handmade Music School is an initiative of Floyd Creative Studios, a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the creative process in Floyd County, Virginia. Their website is www.handmademusicschool.com.

    Their mission is to pass down the Appalachian music traditions to the younger generation.
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    Mike, Good news all of the Home Workshopped Mandolins were sold yesterday! It is amazing how things magically work out. My wife and I were at an outdoor Fine Arts show in Boca Raton and stopped at the booth of an artist that happens to make art out of used instruments and flash cameras from Missouri as it turns out mandolins as well. She mentioned used ones were hard to come by. When I showed her the pictures her heart jumped. Last evening she came by the owners home and within 10 minutes gave her a worthwhile offer and loaded all 60 in the van !. They are now going to be beautified as art objects and placed in people's homes instead of being discarded! Thanks for your help and your forum suggestions.

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    Well there's a solution none of us would have been able to see coming! Congratulations!
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    I think most of us were thinking (and preferring) that they be used as musical instruments but frankly I am happy also to hear that this worked out for the family.
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