Klarinet Archive - Posting 000723.txt from 1999/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: $ and the past (was what a price)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:36:45 -0400

Over here, plenty of families of four are fed on less than the (approx.)
*current* price of 100 VanDorens.
Roger Shilcock

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, David Blumberg wrote:

> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:48:52 -0400
> From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] re: $ and the past (was what a price)
>
> GrabnerWG@-----.com Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:23:44 EDT Subject: Re: [kl]
> What a price! In a message dated 9/21/99 11:49:34 AM Central Daylight Time,
> agalper@-----.com writes: << Look at the date! This is a copy of a letter
> that an old timer clarinet player gave me. It reads: October 19 1924 Dear
> friend, I am sending you 100 Vandorens. The price to you will be $6.00
> (!) >> Yeah, but couldn't a family of four eat for a week on $6.00, in 1924???
>
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>
> In the 1940's, Bonade's lessons cost $10 hr. - Dave Hite told me that.
>
> David Blumberg
> playit@-----.com
> http://www.mytempo..com
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