Would you pay $40,000 for an oboe ?

[the other mike]

If you want the best, that's around what you'll pay.

It's really mind-blowing what all goes into making one.

Check it out !

 

[DudleySmith]

Yes, I would, if I knew I could get $50 K for it.

Oboes are cool instruments, in any case. Mozart, DVorak, and Bach all wrote concertos for it.

 

[MarathonMike]

That's chump change compared to what top shelf violins go for.

 

[the other mike]

That's chump change compared to what top shelf violins go for.

Good point.

That's chump change compared to what top shelf violins go for.

Good point....or one of
Elton John's Steinways.

 

[hjmick]

That'd be silly... I don't play the oboe...

 

[The Duke]

Only if I could resell it for a profit.

 

[toobfreak]

If you want the best, that's around what you'll pay.

Pretty cool looking and sounding for something that you just wiggle your fingers with and fills up with your spit and bacteria!

I prefer to spend $40K on a really good guitar or drum set.

I prefer to lead rather than follow.

 

[miketx]

I wouldn't pay 5 dollars for one. 1300 for my guitar was a lot!

 

[miketx]

 

[toobfreak]

I wouldn't pay 5 dollars for one. 1300 for my guitar was a lot!

I'd pay $5 for one at a garage sale then sell it to one of the limp-dick leftists here for $40K.

 

[the other mike]

Pretty cool looking and sounding for something that you just wiggle your fingers with and fills up with your spit and bacteria!

I prefer to spend $40K on a really good guitar or drum set.

I prefer to lead rather than follow.

For $10,000, I would build a pretty decent climate controlled recording studio in my backyard.....and like you , I would probably spend the rest on guitars, amps and pedals & various recording gadgets.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

If you want the best, that's around what you'll pay.

It's really mind-blowing what all goes into making one.

Check it out !

Onoe.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I think a lot of the cost comes from the snob factor.
With CNC's today you could make one much cheaper and hold closer tolerances.
In the end you'd probably need some tuning and final fitting but thats about it.

 

[the other mike]

Hmmmm. Down payment on a nice house, a tractor , a new pickup ...5 weeks in Belize or ....an oboe.

I just can't decide.

 

[Ringo]

1. Explain why this painting cost $137.5 million dollars?
2. How much would you pay for it if you saw it in a second hand store?

 

[the other mike]

1. Explain why this painting cost $137.5 million dollars?
2. How much would you pay for it if you saw it in a second hand store?

From the Hunter Biden collection ?
Also referred to as money laundering.

 

[marvin martian]

If you want the best, that's around what you'll pay.

It's really mind-blowing what all goes into making one.

Check it out !

Instruments are very expensive. My daughter's middle of the line tenor saxophone was about $4K used. Some people pay north of $10K.

 

[fncceo]

That'd be silly... I don't play the oboe...

I do, but I only paid $5k and it's considered a "student" oboe.