Klarinet Archive - Posting 000462.txt from 2004/09

From: "DWH" <dwh46@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Buffet 1965 Clarinet
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:15:08 -0400

I got my first R13 in 1970, and paid about $400. Then in 1975 I was going
into college, and my grandmother offered to buy me a new one to start
college that summer. We traded my old R13 toward a set of the 150th
anniversary R13s. The difference after trade was $895.00, and included a Bay
mouthpiece.

I also got my first alto sax in 1970. It was a King Marigaux, which was an
SML pro horn with all their top features except rolled tone holes, for $300.
It came in one of the neat old King alligator cases, with a Meyer
mouthpiece. Still have it, and it's still an incredible instrument.

> I purchased a Mk VI alto in the summer of 1967. I think the list price
was
> $695. I paid $359 for it a rather strange place called LA Music. It was
> the first instrument I ever bought at a discount.
>
> Gary

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