Author: m1964
Date: 2019-12-10 05:40
TomS wrote:
> Back 50+ years ago, all of the top clarinets (Leblanc LL, R13,
> Series 9 and 10 ...etc) had a list price of $400-$450. (Selmer
> Mark 6 alto sax was $600)
>
> No one usually got a discount, you just paid list price.
> Families had savings for such things! Families had (one) good
> income! Families ate dinner together! People didn't waste 10
> hours per day staring at an iPhone! Don't get me started ...!!
>
> If you were a college student and your professor had
> connections, you could get an R13 for about $300! Buffets in
> my area (Arkansas) were almost unheard of until you got to some
> universities, and found out about the Buffets.
>
> The clarinet of choice was the LL, in the 1960s, in HS.
>
Well, now (thanks to iPhone) every HS student and parents know about Mark VI, Buffets, etc.
And, I guess, some parents can afford these instruments, often bought new.
Too bad, someone still needs to play those expensive instruments- for the amount of money it really should play by itself. Like those electric grand pianos- you can play it or push a button and keys start going on their own!.
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