However, if you're talking vintage, it's insanely problematic to create a good price guide. Examples:
Selmers: You'd need approximate values for each of the Super Series horns, the Balanced Action, Super (Balanced) Action, Mark VI, Mark VII and the entire S80 Serie and Reference horns. I'm excepting the Modele 2x Series, of course. Most of those models were available in sopranino, soprano, curved soprano (Super Series), C melody (Super Series), alto, low A alto, tenor, bari, low A bari and bass. Oh, call it 130 prices.
Keilwerth: Well, it depends on what you'd like. If I arbitrarily said that "Keilwerths made after 1950 are great horns" someone would complain that earlier horns were also good.
Etc.
While I might eventually try to create that kind of matrix, I think I'd lose interest relatively quickly and I'd get lots of people complaining that horn X should be valued more than what I say ....
It is easier for me to say that $horn is a good deal or not, based on the condition, make, model and year of the horn.
Selmers: You'd need approximate values for each of the Super Series horns, the Balanced Action, Super (Balanced) Action, Mark VI, Mark VII and the entire S80 Serie and Reference horns. I'm excepting the Modele 2x Series, of course. Most of those models were available in sopranino, soprano, curved soprano (Super Series), C melody (Super Series), alto, low A alto, tenor, bari, low A bari and bass. Oh, call it 130 prices.
Keilwerth: Well, it depends on what you'd like. If I arbitrarily said that "Keilwerths made after 1950 are great horns" someone would complain that earlier horns were also good.
Etc.
While I might eventually try to create that kind of matrix, I think I'd lose interest relatively quickly and I'd get lots of people complaining that horn X should be valued more than what I say ....
It is easier for me to say that $horn is a good deal or not, based on the condition, make, model and year of the horn.
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