Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 1998/06

From: Nancy Marzec <nmarzec@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Contrabass Price Question
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 16:46:53 -0400

OK, I'll admit my ignorance. I've heard of a heckelphone but I've never heard
of an ad anche before, let alone a contrabasse ad anche! What the
heck(elphone) is it????

Nancy Marzec

> I don't recall if this came through the system or not, so I will repost it.
> >If it came through and I failed to notice, I apologize. Anyhow....
> >Someone once told me that a Rosewood Selmer Contrabass Clarinet with Low C
> >cost $35,000 - to which I pass out, thinking "Oh my Gosh! That's a 1/3 of a
> >house!!!" What is the price on one of those things. If it is not that bad,
>
> Maybe in some places..... :-)
>
> Compare it to a Heckel bassoon ($30-40K new), or a heckelphone (around
> $30K), or a contrabasse ad anche (around $30K new), or a contrabassoon
> (around $20K - 60K or higher). Really quite a bargain ;-)
>

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