Klarinet Archive - Posting 000792.txt from 1997/04

From: Adam Calabrese <adam.calabrese@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: Discouraged (beg. clar. purchase)
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 22:22:07 -0400

At 02:42 PM 4/25/97 -0700, ary VanCott = NHIN wrote:

>In my opinion (and I sent a long post to the originator of this thread), a
>serious adult student is better off buying a used professional instrument
>than a new intermediate model. This gives them a better quality instrument
>for the same amount of money and with much better resale value.

I actually hadn't thought of that. It is a very good idea, providing the
adult student has access to a music shop that he or she can trust, or
perhaps a knowledgable teacher or friend that can check out the instrument.
I was under the impression that the originator of the thread had neither,
because they
sounded so confused in the first place. Weiner and WW&BW do sell top-line
used models.

Later,

-Adam Calabrese
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899