The old instruments bringing new opportunities to young lives
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created: Nov. 26, 2025, 7 a.m. | updated: Dec. 9, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Jason, with his ever-present smile, is an outgoing young man and describes himself as “joyful” and “curious”.
Her instruments have grown with her, smaller violins returned then replaced with larger instruments as she grows in size and skill.
Inside, cracked violins, dented oboes and skinless drums wait to be cleaned and fixed before rejoining the thousands of musical instruments that the hub sends out to schools.
To source instruments for its students, Cheung launched the Recycled Orchestra Project under the foundation’s umbrella to collect unwanted instruments, restore them and pass them on to young musicians.
As Charlotte Yarnley-Jones from Devon Music Hub puts it: “Parents should know instruments are inherently vulnerable.” 6.
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