Klarinet Archive - Posting 000448.txt from 2004/09

From: "Howard Shertzer" <shertzhg@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Buffet 1965 Clarinet
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 11:20:26 -0400

As a comparison, I paid $1200 for new matching R13 A and Bb, with a double
case and Charles Bay mouthpiece, in 1975.

Howard Shertzer
Email shertzhg@-----.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Blumberg" <FilmPromotion@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 10:35 AM
Subject: [kl] re: Buffet 1965 Clarinet

> 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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