I understand. I've been through this with motorbikes and autos. With those, you cannot simply tuck them away until you *may* want to see them again, but with instruments, most of the time you can. I've also been through this with cameras, comics and coins, and oddities of all varieties.
I recommend taking good notes on where you left off, and packing each insrument away with specific materials you purchased for their refurbishment. That's it. Unless you need the cash from their sale, simply tuck them away. Let them stay tucked until you have a yearning to look at one, for some reason, whether that be a month or 3 years.
Absence typically does one of two things: It either makes the heart grow fonder, OR it makes the heart go yonder. Only time will tell which one it does for you. If you find, over time, that you no longer have a passion for woodwind collecting and restoring, it's likely because you've found something else more exciting to fill your time. If, however, you find that you miss your collection, you'll be glad you were not rash in its disposal.
This is quite normal in the ebb and flow of life. As we age, we become more pragmatic and spartan, but true passions typically hold for good, regardless how involved we choose to be over time.
You will find as time marches on that certain passions in life you felt you would hold in the highest esteem forever will reveal themselves to be nothing more than intimate flirtations. They will, however, enable the development of fundamentals that will become the building blocks for other, greater things in your life, and you'll be forever grateful for all these experiences.
