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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000016.txt from 2002/11

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [Doublereed-l] Price of Bassoons
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:59:58 -0500

The best, IMHO, Heckel is around $30K with a long wait. Fox pro models are
up to $20K full retail, and the best buy of all is the Renard 240 at a
little over $5000( I think). HOWEVER... the best is the one that is the
best fit for you. You will hear more than enough about the bassoon-shaped
objects available from China and some Eastern European sources. If money and
time are no object... Heckel. If money is an issue...Renard 240 will serve
you very well indeed; the rest are all spread around the middle. If you are
in mid range as far as money is concerned, you might want to contact Arthur
Grossman about a Wolf bassoon. He makes them sound very fine.

Herb

> From: Lawrence Zaidan <larryzaidan@-----.net>
> Reply-To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:49:45 -0500
> To: "Double Reed (Mail)" <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
> Subject: [Doublereed-l] Price of Bassoons
>
> As a non woodwind player, could y'all inform me what a good bassoon
> costs? What are the better brands? What brands should you stay away
> from?
>
> TIA,
>
> Larry Zaidan
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