Klarinet Archive - Posting 000196.txt from 2003/01

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] RE: Chinese Clarinets
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 07:50:01 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Fleckenstein [mailto:spfleck@-----.net]
>
> Let me explain in detail.
>
> Four buses full of high school band kids from NY head to Toronto
> to play in
> a music festival for 3 days.
> Each of the four buses are full of fairly new instruments. The
> band members
> are told to fill out a sheet with each instruments make model and serial
> number to be presented to Canadian Customs before crossing the
> border. It is
> suggested that this is done because of a significant difference in prices
> for instruments in Canada vs the USA. Perhap the following info , from
> http://www.canlii.org/ca/regu/sor89-427/part90360%2Ehtml is part of the
> reason..

That's for a temporary _importation_ of musical instruments _into_ Canada.
Buying an instrument in Canada and exporting it to the US would raise
concercns at the _US_ border upon re-entry (you might have to pay duty upon
entry into the US).

Still waiting to hear about how much that significant price difference is,
at least in clarinets.

Mark C.

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