Klarinet Archive - Posting 000445.txt from 2004/09

From: "D. Blumberg" <FilmPromotion@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] re: Buffet 1965 Clarinet
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:36:03 -0400

Volume Dealer Price???? No - I bought my first R-13 Buffet in 1977
and the cost was $575 I paid at Chuck Levins Washington Music Store.
The price of $500 in 1965 can't possibly be right. Should be more like
$375-400 tops and that's what I paid so maybe even less ($350).
I remember the price of mine back then as I paid for it cutting lawns
as an 8th grader.

David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com - practice tool

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Allen Levin <alevin@-----.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:55:26 -0400

For what it's worth, $400. is pretty close to the 1965 volume-dealer
price,
which was $400 in 1962 and closer to $500. in 1965.

>As far as value, to a player who is selective....it depends on how it
>plays. If in mint condition and a good player, I wouldn't pay more
than
>$1000. That's just me.
>If it needs a lot of work....and it sounds like it does from your
>description, it would be worth a lot less. "a good careful cleaning"
>usually means a pad overhaul and you often find springs that are in
>serious need of replacement. The instrument can't be put into
regulation
>unless the springs are in good shape...meaning that you can adjust
spring
>tension and they will hold it.....
>
>Without cracks, with no bent or broken keys, I'd pay you $400 sight
unseen.
>
>Forest Aten
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