Klarinet Archive - Posting 000503.txt from 1998/05
From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk> Subj: Re: [kl] Price coyness Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 04:07:27 -0400
Selmer certainly used to publish a paper catalogue, as I have one
somewhere, picked up from a dealer maybe 10 years ago - I've certainly not
seen one since. It covers both woodwind and brass, but with NO prices.
Roger Shilcock
I assume this was from Selmer Paris.
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 00:27:41 -0400
> From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Price coyness
>
> At 09:08 PM 5/9/98 -0400, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
> >I have made TWO requests via email to Selmer for THEIR catalogues of their
> >current woodwinds, and have received no response of any kind. Do they not
> >publish a paper catalogue?
> >
> If they do, I wish they would make it available to us dealers. All I've
> seen are glossy brochures about individual instrument types. There are
> even separate ones for pro-line and student instruments. No mention of
> price in any of them. There is a separate booklet with NO pictures and
> minimal description with retail prices listed. You MAY be able to get one
> from a dealer, or at least SEE one.
>
>
> >Even better...I thought about trying the Gigliotti ligature, went into Sam
> >Ash. It had been selling there for about $14 and change at the "street
> >price." It was now $32. Is there some mistake, I asked the man behind the
> >counter. Nope, Selmer raised their prices and didn't tell us. He was not
> >real happy about it.
> >
> >Ash DOES sell their clarinets. Top (or near it) pro model goes for $1950.
> >I can only imagine what the price must be in the catalogue: if I could find
> >it.
> >
> Selmer Series 10G 1998 list price: $3150 (in A, $3450). 10S Series II:
> $3310 (in A, $3590). Recital: $3420 ($3690). Signature (new model):
> $4200 ($4580). Prologue II: $2200. Basset clarinet in A: $7940.
>
> Additional note: I was going to give the list price for the Gigliotti
> ligature, but it is no longer listed in the Selmer accessory catalog.
> Perhaps they aren't too happy about THEIR supplier's price increase!
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
> 451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
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> ICQ UIN 4862265
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
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