i am in Singapore school teacher and just chanced on thie website. So out of curiousity, i went to my school's lost and found. Lo and behold picked up some 15 abandoned Yamaha recorders. Some had names or silly things scibbled on them or even wrong notes for fingerings! They are obviously not cared for at all as they look so neglected. Also, nearly all of them are chewed (why do kids chew on recorders when they should be playing on them?) I remember i had to share my recorders with my sisters and i didn't have even one to myself.

So i totally understand this article. Good work you are doing. Many of these kids probably bought new ones and never even bothered to find where their old ones went.

How is wish i could send this somewhere to someone who wanted them.