person who bought an instrument during the lockdown and decided they weren't going to be this big star to people who bought instruments years ago and, you know, haven't had the chance to practice for one reason or the other. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the instrument amnesty is in its third year and distributes the donations to schools and charities. >> opens so many doors to you when you have access to music education, and especially if you're living in an underprivileged area. >> reporter: it looks every nook and cranny there's an instrument. volunteers restore them to make sure they're pitch perfect. >> i looked at that and thought there's no way you can do anything with it, but it can be fixed, apparently. >> reporter: for these people it's kind of like the music died. >> but they want the music to live on, that was the most important part. >> reporter: ian lee, cbs news, london. >> jiang: that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. don't forget "sunday morning with jane pauley" first thing tomorrow, followed by "face the