Mark2 -> RE: Why do violin prices go up and guitar prices go down after use? (May 10 2018 23:06:45)
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I'm really not sure, but a friend is a great violinist and he told me that some players in major orchestras don't own the instruments they perform with. They can't pay 250k for a top instrument so they borrow them from collectors. I'll never forget the day I was at his house and fed ex showed up with a new bow. It was 15k. It's clearly a different beast. Those players have been groomed since early childhood, and many thousands have been spent on their musical education, often at top schools. Then there are the orchestras themselves, subsidized by cities and paying the musicians salaries of over 100k in many many cases for six months work. Much different world than 100.00 club gigs. Saw the stones once at a stadium, and my seat afforded a view of backstage, where they had forty or fifty guitars on stands. Music business is a strange thing. quote:
ORIGINAL: BarkellWH quote:
I was talking to a luthier friend about selling used flamenco guitars and how it is customary to get say a 2011 luthier instrument for $4,000 and sell it in 2018 for $2,000 and people consider that totally OK or even expected (as buyers). Then I was told that violins usually go up in price after years of use or repairs, and I was wondering why the discrepancy between fields / instrument lines. Any thoughts / insights? The responses to Ramzi's question all address the diminished value of used flamenco guitars. None addressed the other half of his question which assumes that used violins usually go up in value. But is that true? Aside from Strads and a few others, do most violins one can buy new today increase in value after years of use? Or does the average violin diminish in value as well? Bill
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