I recently gave a guitar to a 9-year-old girl whose house was burned out, and she said in the newspaper article that what she missed most was her guitar that she was just learning to play.

Also gave a viola to a 5th grade boy who wanted to be in the strings program in school but couldn't afford to rent an instrument.

I'm hoping to have 32 grandchildren someday, so we can pass on all of our 32 remaining instruments. I would love to teach my (future) grandchildren how to play piano, guitar, bass, fiddle. Just might hide the banjos, though and let the next generation wonder what to do with them!

Seriously, this thread has prompted me to consider things. My younger son is a musician and would no doubt make use of many of the instruments, but the rest should be given to people who will play them. These instruments know lots of tunes, and they shouldn't stop with me.