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Cost of Small Street Organs
By Ingmar Krause

[ Theadore Hardy wrote in 181009 MMDigest --

> Why are Raffin organs so expensive?

Hello Theadore, MMD,  I will gladly bring some light to that question.
A 20/31 "mini" by Raffin currently runs at around US$4900.  I don't
know any manufacturer by the name Paul Barker, only a Rob Barker out
of the UK.

Why the price difference?  Raffin is an established street organ
manufacturing business with a fully staffed facility at beautiful
Lake Constance.  The organs that are coming out of that facility are
not only tried and proven designs, but are built with only the best
materials and undergo strict quality control during manufacturing --
a guaranteed product that will last you a lifetime.

Albeit Raffin Sr. is humble enough to reject such a comparison, but
within the street organ world a Raffin organ is seen as the equivalent
of a Mercedes Benz automobile.  Or in short, you get what you pay for!


Musically,

Ingmar Krause
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.grindorgans.com/ 


(Message sent Thu 11 Oct 2018, 03:25:15 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

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