UMaine Project to Help Girl with One Hand Play Instrument, AP Reports
The Associated Press reported seven teams of University of Maine Mechanical Engineering Technology students are preparing to unveil devices they designed to allow an 8-year-old girl with one hand to play the recorder. The students will present their projects on Maine Day, April 29, in Bennett Hall. Maine Day at the university is about providing service, and for MET students, it’s typically when they debut their senior capstone projects, which often are created to meet needs of people with challenges. A local girl, who was born without a left hand, will select the winner and take home the design that best helps her play a Baroque soprano recorder. WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2), WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), New York’s Times Union and Indiana’s Daily Reporter carried the AP report.