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The idea behind the scheme was to allow anyone to borrow an instrument free of charge and try it out before making a potentially expensive purchase. The scheme has proven very popular with waiting lists for many of the instruments and over 300 loans to date. A Sound Initiative was a prize winner at this year\u2019s joint CILIP\/Library Association of Ireland with the theme of inclusion and has been nominated for an award at the upcoming Excellence in Local Government awards. With thanks to Creative Ireland the collection is now at over 140 instruments from banjos to violins and will facilitate expansion of the scheme including block loans to schools and workshops in libraries going forward. The possibilities are endless. Full information is available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corkcoco.ie\/library-services\"><span>www.corkcoco.ie\/library-services<\/span><\/a> and the Cork County Library\u00a0Musical Instrument policy is available to see by clicking on the following link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corkcoco.ie\/library-services\/frequently-asked-questions\"><span>https:\/\/www.corkcoco.ie\/library-services\/frequently-asked-questions<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":9565,"template":"","class_list":["post-9564","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Sound Initiative - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cork County Library is delighted to announce that its free instrument loan scheme \u2018A Sound Initiative\u2019 has been expanded greatly with thanks to the Creative Ireland Programme and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/a-sound-initiative\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Sound Initiative - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cork County Library is delighted to announce that its free instrument loan scheme \u2018A Sound Initiative\u2019 has been expanded greatly with thanks to the Creative Ireland Programme and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. 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