[TPIN] Market pricing

[Daniel,John]

An old class mate of mine, Mark VanCleave has been making 
trumpets for the last 5 years or so.  They play well and 
are priced close to $1000.  I was very impressed with his 
C trumpet.
John


On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:48:53 -0500
  Michael Anderson <manderson at okcu.edu> wrote:
> Sonare Trumpets has come out with a new Bb with sterling 
>silver leadpipe and
> a new C trumpet that will compete extremely well with 
>Bach/yamaha/schilke if
> people will give them a chance. Their price point is 
>lower - around $1600,
> they play really well.. I mean really well and they seem 
>to be very
> consistent.
> 
> I'm now recommending them to my students buying their 
>first C trumpet over
> anything else.
> 
> They are not made in China... They are made in Germany 
>and the leadpipe was
> designed by Cliff Blackburn.
> 
> I have played some really good chinese pro line trumpets 
>that play very well
> also. Eastman was the brand. No idea how they hold up 
>over time, but I was
> impressed with the new ones. I think they go for around 
>$900.
> 
> MA
> 
>> Music dealers in this country have started to balk at 
>>this
>> as well.  The introduction of the Accent line of
>> instruments is specifically targeting the first
>> time/professional model consumer.  In other words, the
>> pricing of Yamaha and Bach has left a niche for Accent 
>>and
>> others to fill.  I do hope someone manages to do it 
>>well.
>> 
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