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In Reply to: RE: Average instrument cost is $41k??? posted by Mike K on July 21, 2015 at 20:01:53
In reaching that average number, I wonder how they factored in the percussionists. Percussion instruments are, AFAIK, owned by the orchestra, not the musicians.
You can buy a lot of sticks and mallets for $41k.
Happy listening,
Jim
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Maybe but I know of percussionists who own even their own set of tymps....not to mention xylophones, an assortment (large) of drums and miscellaneous instruments....
For practice and for giving private lessons.
My understanding is that a mid-grade set of 4 copper bowl tympani costs around $15k new.
Happy listening,
Jim
"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno
Most, if not all of the instruments in a professional percussion section are owned by the players themselves. An infinite array of things could be brought in, and sometimes players even build their own (try to buy a set of the massive chimes called for in Symphonie Fantastique, for example). A top-quality set of timps with calf heads (no serious pro uses plastic) will run you in the neighborhood of $50,000. The hunt for more instruments never ends for a percussionist.
Top quality string instruments are usually 100 years old or more. Prices routinely go into six figures. The wind players probably have it the easiest. They generally need only own a handful of horns, the best of which are generally modern instruments. Not cheap, but not the budget blasting world of strings and percussion, either.
dh
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