Originally posted by ivan2908I was wondering why it cost so much. Now I know why. What a fantastic piece of engineering.
Actually more like this. Only thing in common beetwen classical accordion and accordion is the name, nothing more. Good example
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UBmajjf5WKE
PS Are those facial expressions inherent in accordian players? 🙂
Originally posted by Sam The ShamThe mechanics were completely screwed up, significant damage on the wood, damage of reeds (which produce the sound), and corpus of the instrument (wood) was broken !! Currenly it is pretty much unusable.. They have to work about a month or two on it....
OK $5000, I gotta ask, how did the airline do 5 grand of damage to a fancy accordion in the hard case those things come in, did they completely squash it ?
Originally posted by ivan2908How much would a new one cost?
The mechanics were completely screwed up, significant damage on the wood, damage of reeds (which produce the sound), and corpus of the instrument (wood) was broken !! Currenly it is pretty much unusable.. They have to work about a month or two on it....
Too much, about 20 000 dollars. I do not have this money, I even had to buy the first instrument with help of sponsors (private donations, ministry of education etc.)
Good musical instruments are in generaly very expensive, you do want to know price of new concert piano for example.... (Up to 500 000 $) ?!?!
How much would it cost to buy a new one, you ask? It is not uncommon for an instrument to be irreplaceable, and in that case there's not enough money in the world to replace it. In my case, I could replace my instrument but it would take about 5 years to do so. I was on a 3-year waiting list to have it made 13 years ago and I'm sure this list is now 5 years long. So my instrument is insured for its present replacement value, but that essentially means very little. The lesson here is never allow anyone under any circumstances to touch your instrument, especially non musicians, and never relax that rule. The only person allowed to do so is my trusted repairman who does maintenance work on it every two years.
Originally posted by jimslyp69I play the horn, often referred to as French horn, but it is more properly called simply the horn. I've been playing it for 43 years and I've owned 13 different ones in that time, two of which were custom made for me to my specifications, including my present one. It is hand-made by one person, not on an assembly line, and this maker makes only about 8 per year. His instruments are used in the San Francisco Symphony and Houston Symphony as well as other orchestras in North America.
Jaysus. What do you play?