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Author: Willie
Date: 2001-03-02 04:55
Gonna what this one! Just HAVE to see if anyone falls for it.
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Author: Jo
Date: 2001-03-02 14:38
You have GOT to be kidding me. I sincerely hope no one falls for that.
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Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 2001-03-02 14:46
Gee, I sure hope they have some more so that I can have one of these really neat LYERS for myself!!!!!!!!!!
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Author: Stephen Froehlich
Date: 2001-03-02 14:54
Would it be worth $40 if it were actually silver plated and not nickel plated? Honestly, I've bent more useful bass clarinet lyres myself. (Vice Grip and Hammer will do the trick.)
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Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 2001-03-02 16:12
The stupidity would reside with the buyers of these things, not the seller! Seems to me, if he can make $40/each selling this junk, he's pretty bright!
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-03-02 16:22
Looking at the seller's other auctions, I can see why they charge those prices. He/she sells the standard set of knick-knacks to collectors - who, on average, pay more for things than you'd ever imagine. Perhaps there's a collector of "lyers" out there who just happens to need this one to complete a set ;^)
I don't think the intent is to sell to musicians!
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Author: PJ
Date: 2001-03-02 17:13
its funny to read descriptions from people trying to sell musical things who dont know what they have. i read one a few days ago that said the clarinet he was selling included valve grease. could someone please tell me where the valves on my clarinet are???
haha
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Author: William
Date: 2001-03-02 18:13
"clarinets dont have valves" Maybe Charles Bay could invent a valve--one size fits all--easy on, easy--off that would eliminate swabbing forever and keep those Eb key holes from gurgling.
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Author: Ken
Date: 2001-03-03 01:53
Who was it who first said, "There's a sucker born every minute?"
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-03-03 21:34
Per a webpage on P T Barnum which can be found at:
http://www.ringling.com/history/barnum/
"There is no proof that Phineas Taylor Barnum ever said "there's a sucker born every minute." He did, however, say that "every crowd has a silver lining," and acknowledged that "the public is wiser than many imagine."
mw
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-03-09 20:34
Many mouthpiece purveyors want a mouthpiece like this so that they can take & copy its measurements & dimensions, not necessarily to own it or play it. On the other hand, I wouldn't rule out ownership as a viable reason.
... what is a lot of $$ to one person, isn't to another. We see that all the time at Christie's & Sotheby's.
mw
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