Borrowing from the library requires providing information from your driver’s license. There are no fees involved, and the borrowing period can last weeks. photo credit: Lauren SpatesJason Cool at the library.
A new library has opened up in Monte Rio, but the items on loan take up a bit more space and make a bit more noise than your average library book.
That’s because this library is the Musical Instrument Library, a shop where borrowers can take home any one of hundreds of instruments. From mainstream western options including guitars, banjos, trumpets and violins, to global choices including a west Asian bouzouki or the double-reeded mizmar from Egypt.
According to owner Jason Cool, borrowing from his library requires providing information from your driver’s license. There are no fees involved, and the borrowing period can last weeks…