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The following items are examples of the kinds of materials that are needed by musicians in the developing world.
General
Music stands (lightweight folding)
Stand lights
Metronomes
Digital tuners
Manuscript paper
Pocket music dictionaries
Music theory and history books
Batons
CDs – solo, chamber, and symphonic
Portable CD players
Bowties
Strings
Rosin
Dust clothes
Violin strings sizes 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4
Viola strings sizes 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4
Cello strings sizes 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4
Bass strings
Violin shoulder bars sizes 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4
Viola shoulder bars sizes 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4
Violin chinrests sizes 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4
Viola chinrests sizes 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4
Rock stops
Orchestral mutes – violin, viola, cello and bass
Practice mutes – violin, viola, cello, bass
Lightweight cases – all strings, all sizes
Violin bows – all sizes
Viola bows – all sizes
Cello bows – all sizes
Bass bows
Sheet music – solo, etudes, chamber, and string orchestra
Pickup microphones – all strings
Winds and Brass
Student recorders
Key pads – flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, bassoon
Mouth pieces – trumpet, cornet, and clarinet
Ligatures – oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, bassoon
Reeds – all winds
Cork grease
Key oil
Lubricants for brass instruments – piston oil, rotor oil, slide grease, slide-o-mix
Cleaning snakes
Mouthpiece brushes
Polishing cloths
Silk cleaning swabs
Sheet music – solo, etudes, chamber, and wind ensemble
Percussion
Mallets/sticks
Practice pads