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West Bend library board approves musical garden on library grounds

6406279 · October 22, 2025
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The West Bend Community Memorial Library Board authorized a permanent musical garden on library grounds after a presentation by Karen Wysocki. Roots and Branches will lead the project with weather-tested instruments from Freenotes Harmony Park, community participation, and a memorandum of understanding with the library.

The West Bend Community Memorial Library Board voted to authorize a permanent musical garden on the library grounds after a presentation from Karen Wysocki.

Karen Wysocki, a retired music teacher and board member of Roots and Branches, told the board the garden would include seven weather-tested instruments from Freenotes Harmony Park, accessible layout and programming for children and adults, and community-built elements such as a “piano pebble drum” constructed by local high school metal-shop students. “It will provide a more beautiful community by its colorful and inviting instruments,” Wysocki said. “The instruments are tuned to a pentatonic scale…so no matter…

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