Every Piano Has a Story.
Every Student Deserves One.
88 Again rescues forgotten pianos and instruments and puts them in the hands of students who need them most. Because music isn't a luxury — it's a right.
Rescuing Instruments. Changing Lives.
Every year, hundreds of pianos are abandoned — left in storage units, inherited and unwanted, sold for parts or sent to landfills. Meanwhile, countless students dream of playing music but face one unavoidable barrier: cost.
88 Again exists at that intersection. We find the instruments. We restore them. And we give them — free — to students and families who could never afford them otherwise.
Simple Idea. Real Impact.
Someone has a piano they no longer want. We come get it — free of charge, anywhere we can reach.
Our network of volunteer technicians tunes, repairs, and prepares every instrument.
We match instruments to students and families in need and deliver them, completely free.
It Started with a $50 Guitar.
Carmine DiCesare has played piano since he was five years old. When he found an old childhood guitar gathering dust, he sold it on Facebook Marketplace — and the man who bought it changed everything.
He didn't pay in cash. He offered a tax write-off, and a promise: the guitar was going to a student who needed it. That moment planted a seed. If one instrument could matter that much — imagine what 88 keys could do.
Have an Instrument You No Longer Play?
Don't let it collect dust. Donate it. We'll take care of the rest — including pickup.
Music Shouldn't Have a Price Tag.
Support a student's first lesson. Fund a rescue. Change a life. Every dollar you give stays local and goes direct.