Klarinet Archive - Posting 000115.txt from 2007/02

From: "Stephen C. Moore" <stephen.c.moore@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] One Stop Shopping?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:18:47 -0500

Jeanne might be a good choice. They have a fairly extensive music
collection (including some hard-to-find orchestral parts) as well as
instruments, reeds, accessories. Have dealt with them many times.

http://www.jeanne-inc.com/

On 2/14/07, thomaswinds <thomaswinds@-----.net> wrote:
> 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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