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Market Value of Mechanical Music Instruments
By John Del Carlo

In reading the offer for the free Chickering Ampico, I am wondering
what has happened to the market value of our instruments: pianos,
music boxes, orchestrions, etc.

Is it this dreadful economy, or is it a combination of that, plus the
fact that the generation that valued these wonderful instruments is
slowly leaving this world?  I suspect it's a little of both.  It would
be interesting to hear from other members on this subject.

Another question is, how do we get the next generation of young people
interested in Mechanical Music?

John Del Carlo

 [ John will sing the title role in "Don Pasquale" at The Metropolitan
 [ Opera, to be telecast live on November 13th, 2010.  Check times at
 [ http://www.metopera.org/  A nice interview with John is published
 [ at  http://www.bruceduffie.com/delcarlo2.html  -- Robbie


(Message sent Fri 17 Sep 2010, 06:42:21 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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