Klarinet Archive - Posting 000640.txt from 1999/02

From: Ken Wolman <Ken.Wolman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Used instrument prices
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:53:28 -0500

rgarrett@-----.edu wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Ken Wolman wrote:
> > My sticker shock was asking out of curiosity in a repair shop in NYC how
> > much the man wanted for the used Selmer English horn. Not that I play
> > double-reeds, but for the right price I'd learn: the English horn
> > produces a sound directly from Heaven. Beautiful instrument, leather
> > pochette case in good shape, but all the same SOMEone had used it. The
> > answer: $2,200. Yes, used. Rhetorical question: what kind of clarinet
> > can you get NEW at street price for that kind of money?
> >
> > Maybe the English horn came with 10 free lessons thrown in from Thomas
> > Stacy, but I doubt it.
>
> Pretty good price.....who was selling it?

I gather it's a good price. New oboes and English horns are somewhat
more expensive than new clarinets, so there's no reason the used market
shouldn't follow along.

This one was in Rod Baltimore's shop on West 48th Street.

ken
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1251 Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10019 212-469-6494

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