Author: clarnibass
Date: 2017-12-14 08:37
>> I cannot see why it costs about 1.500 Euro more than a Prestige. <<
Differences in prices come mostly from marketing and manufacturing costs. It is not really possible to know. For example some mentioned gold plated posts. It is entirely possible that a model with gold plated posts will be cheaper than one without, even made by the same company.
What adds most to cost, except any marketing reason, is expenses. One model might use slightly different parts that require their own longer machining time. Or maybe need an extra person, or a worker with a higher paycheck. Paychecks are often one of the main costs of many product.
R13, RC, Festival, plus some other models are mostly the same. The Tosca is more different in the shape of the parts. The R13 alone probably sells far more than the Tosca. Obviously a part (e.g. a key) that goes into several models, each possibly being sold more than the Tosca, is going to cost less than the same key for the Tosca.
These are not "attractive" reasons for musicians to try to understand, so basically no company uses them in their marketing.
I'm only guessing but I don't think marketing plays a huge part in clarinet prices, or at least when compared with some other "products" (like art, software, etc.).
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