A guitar that once belonged to Canadian astronaut-slash-galactic crooner Chris Hadfield has found a new home in an Ontario town.
Hadfield tweeted last November that his old acoustic Yamaha was broken, thanks to a bridge that popped off, and that if anyone wanted to fix or donate it, “it’s yours.”
My old Yamaha's bridge popped off. If anyone would like to fix/donate it, it's yours, thanks: info@chrishadfield.ca pic.twitter.com/K05D90vSHx
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) November 30, 2016
There were dozens of replies, but an email from the Guitars for Kids program in Cambridge, Ont., appears to have struck a chord.
The broken instrument arrived in town this week, and it’s expected to be given a proper tour around town.
“It’ll basically be a showpiece for us,” Dan Walsh, president of Cambridge Live Music, the organization behind the program, told CTV Kitchener.
Walsh says the guitar will make its rounds to several businesses throughout the community and be put on display.
“So it gives a chance for each local business in Cambridge to have the guitar and hopefully bring people in to take a look at it,” he said.
Guitars for Kids was founded by Blue Rodeo’s Bob Egan and a Kitchener guitar repair service to provide the instruments for free
The group said it plans to send photos of the guitar to Hadfield once it’s fixed.
Hadfield is known for his love of music, on Earth and beyond. His rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” performed in zero gravity on the International Space Station, has been viewed more than 34 million times on YouTube.
With files from CTV Kitchener
