We have 10 weeks to clean and repair more than 200 school instruments before students return to school. We need your help.

Across Peoria and the tri-county area, school music programs are bursting with potential — but the trumpets have stuck valves, the clarinets have torn pads, and some instruments have been silent for years. They're not hopeless — they just need a little work. Unfortunately, many local schools don't have repair costs in their budgets.

Through the Summer Tune-up 2026, the Peoria Instrument Project will repair and clean more than 200 instruments for underfunded school music programs — putting sanitary, working, playable instruments back in students' hands to start the new year.

Your gift funds repairs done by local technicians. They'll be busy repairing dents, replacing pads and corks, and making other repairs to ensure instruments play their best. And, we make sure that instruments and mouthpieces are sanitized and ready for the next student. Every dollar goes directly to the work.

Every student musician deserves a clean, functioning instrument to start the school year off on the right note.

Please donate today. Your support is instrumental.

"Because of your thoughtful gift, our students now have the opportunity to fully engage in their musical learning with instruments that are ready to perform at their best. Your kindness not only supports their education, but also encourages their passion, confidence, and creativity."
—Mary Newman-Evans, Principal, Harold B. Dawson Middle School, Peoria IL

Summer Tune-up 2026

Peoria Instrument Project needs your help preparing school instruments for next year.