Klarinet Archive - Posting 000113.txt from 2007/02

From: "thomaswinds" <thomaswinds@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] One Stop Shopping?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:09:56 -0500

I live in Amish country. We have no music stores here. I have to drive a
half hour minimum every time I want to buy something, and so do my students,
so generally we save money by my buying online at places where I can get
free shipping. I use Weiner's a lot when it comes to reeds....but they
don't carry a lot of music I use for teaching.

Is there any place online where I can buy music *and* reeds for more than
one
woodwind instrument? I'd like to consolidate everything so I am not paying
3 different shipping charges.....

Pepper's pretty much always wins for cheapest music, but they charge @$10
for shipping, and they don't sell reeds. Music 123 and Muncy don't sell
sheet music (at least not what I need). Sheet Music Plus doesn't sell
reeds. Sam Ash and Amazon sell reeds and sheet music, but not what I need
this week - I wanted some of those Rico Reserve for the kids, which they
don't have, and also they don't have some of the books I need.

The thing I need to buy right now that is causing the problem is the
Taffanel/Gaubert flute exercise book, which is Leduc, and therefore
expensive to begin with. Pepper's wants $24 for it and they usually charge
$10 shipping. Everyone else wants at least $37 for it, I've seen it as
high as $45. That's a big difference!

Cedarmusic.com actually has it cheaper, for $22.75, with $7 shipping. But
it's for a kid from a family with 7 kids, and that's asking a lot for one
book - so I've
even been looking for a used one. Found a couple on eBay, but every time
I've bid, they go for almost as much as a new one (with the shipping). I
have a lot of students whose families don't have a lot of money, so every
little bit helps.

If anyone has any good ideas as to where I can get everything all in one
place and not get ripped off on one thing or another, please let me know!
Thanks!

Lynn

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