SALT LAKE CITY?An Olympic supplier is donating $45,000 in string instruments from Olympic ceremonies to Utah school children.

The Olympic instruments were provided by Southwest Strings of Tucson, Ariz., to the Utah Symphony, whose members wanted to protect their own instruments from the freezing temperatures of February’s Opening and Closing ceremonies.

Southwest Strings is donating 42 Klaus Mueller violins and violas, nine Hans Kroger cellos and eight Hans Kroger bass outfits. Each instrument carries a sticker reading, “Made for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.”