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Author: Mark Weinstein
Date: 1999-03-12 22:23
Vintage in early to middle 1930's?
could somebody direct me to a source for aplraisal/value info ? anybody have a clue about this?
(I know that CONN had a Pan American Model, don't know if this is the same thing)
also, this particular clarinet is wood, not resonite or metal.
thanks in advance for any help.
Mark Weinstein
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-03-13 05:20
Pan American was originally a separate company from Conn. Conn bought them out and then started using that as a name of one of their lines.
I had an old Pan American myself. It was not a particularly good horn. About four years ago, I totally dismantelled it, cleaned it up and re-assembled. The construction was definitely student grade. It did have a nice big sound, but the intonation accuracy from pitch to pitch was very poor. So a player has to work very hard to stay in tune in an ensemble.
If in absolutely perfect condition, $100 would be tops.
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Author: Mark Weinstein
Date: 1999-03-14 18:16
Dee, THANKS. I had this feeling ...
A friend told me about his old horn recently. He said that he was told some years back (maybe 15-20) that he was told by a repair person doing an overhaul on this clarinet (after it had sat unused for 25-30 years) that it was a valuable old clarinet. My friend said he thought the repair person thought it was worth #3,500+.
As you can well imagine after hearing that comment, I stated that $3,500+ goes A LONG WAY these days, adding my postscript with "Are you sure?"
Again, thanks for your response.
mark
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-03-14 19:39
Mark Weinstein wrote:
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Dee, THANKS. I had this feeling ...
A friend told me about his old horn recently. He said that he was told some years back (maybe 15-20) that he was told by a repair person doing an overhaul on this clarinet (after it had sat unused for 25-30 years) that it was a valuable old clarinet. My friend said he thought the repair person thought it was worth #3,500+.
As you can well imagine after hearing that comment, I stated that $3,500+ goes A LONG WAY these days, adding my postscript with "Are you sure?"
Again, thanks for your response.
mark
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Find that repair man and sell it to him quick! You can buy almost any of the top of the line premium professional grade horns for $3500 brand new from the large mail order dealers. We're not talking standard pro horns but beyond.
While Pan American no doubt made a range of instruments, they certainly would not be worth more than today's new horns as they have no collectible value.
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