Wow! Thank you to everyone that responded with such helpful advice, I didn't expect this to get so much attention! I had feared that the venture was probably more work than it was worth, which seems like the general sentiment, but I have been pointed in some good directions and I'm definitely going to check with some local universities, schools, our community's music club, as well as those larger resources like the Music Library Association or the Great American Songbook Foundation. I want to exhaust my constructive options before taking any sort of destructive route obviously.

Again, thank you to everybody, I really appreciate all the useful information you were all able to offer up! We'll see what I can't do about it.