Klarinet Archive - Posting 000894.txt from 1998/08

From: Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.Net>
Subj: Re: [kl] major decision]
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 21:37:09 -0400

Robert Abraham said:
>My Buffet Prestige in 1987 was $1300. I can easily get $1500-$1800 for it
on consignment in a music store today used (I have priced them recently)
and the new ones run between $2500 and $3000 in stores.

I haven't done the math on inflation, but I think offhand that $1,300 in
1987 dollars would be close to $2,000 today, which suggests that a Prestige
holds its value pretty well.
(I'm a LeBlanc lover myself.)

Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.net>

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