Time to sell the violin...
Discussion
Just had my old violin from school valued... £4800!!!
As much as it pains me to part with it, there's a decent wads worth there, that I am not making use of! So I am upsetting my father and getting rid.
Have you got an instrument (or anything else for that matter) lurking in your loft that might be worth a bit? Or have you sold one from your school days?
Just interested. x
As much as it pains me to part with it, there's a decent wads worth there, that I am not making use of! So I am upsetting my father and getting rid.
Have you got an instrument (or anything else for that matter) lurking in your loft that might be worth a bit? Or have you sold one from your school days?
Just interested. x
Oh. I'm not all that advanced on the whole smiley thing yet... 
You could lend it to the Benslow Musical Instrument Loan Scheme so gifted young musicians who cannot afford a good instrument get the benefit of one.
[url]www.benslow.org/loans.html#lend[/url]
[url]www.benslow.org/loans.html#lend[/url]
If I found out a musical instrument I had was worth that, I'd use it as it's maker had intended. There's something very cool about using it and not just locking it away in a cupboard... unless you really REALLY need the money... (it's like driving a ferrari to work every day, for instance)
I feel I have a decent ear for music, love my HiFi, into guitars etc.
To me a £5 or £500k violin still sounds like a cat being strangled coupled with nails being drawn down a blackboard. I'm sure theres a difference of the timbre of the catscreetch but its not for me.
Sell up, drink half, spend the other half on a decent cd player...
To me a £5 or £500k violin still sounds like a cat being strangled coupled with nails being drawn down a blackboard. I'm sure theres a difference of the timbre of the catscreetch but its not for me.
Sell up, drink half, spend the other half on a decent cd player...
mybrainhurts said:
finding one that fits is always difficult, always regretted selling my Saxaphone.
Errrrrr......?
Which bit, is your question directed to, finding one that fits?
I have never found two Violas to be the same, even if they are by the same maker, I've had a selectiond of bows over the years and it took me a long time find one that suited me.
Or regretting selling the Sax?
I loved my Saxaphone, sold it to help finance a divorce settlement, unlikely to be able to find one of the same quality at a price I can afford.
I've got a couple of violins and a few bows. Might be tempted to sell them. Never really thought about till now though.
Having not played for 4 years there is not much chance of me taking it back up in the near future. I just didn't enjoy it all of a sudden so stopped. I think it's one of those situations where having done it for ages as thats what you did, it didn't occur to me that i could just stop if i wanted. As soon as I could sit back and think about whether I still enjoyed it or not, I decided I didn't.
Be worth a few pennies and could get me a long way towards putting a deposit on a house. Thinking of which, i'm off to the estate agents...
Having not played for 4 years there is not much chance of me taking it back up in the near future. I just didn't enjoy it all of a sudden so stopped. I think it's one of those situations where having done it for ages as thats what you did, it didn't occur to me that i could just stop if i wanted. As soon as I could sit back and think about whether I still enjoyed it or not, I decided I didn't.
Be worth a few pennies and could get me a long way towards putting a deposit on a house. Thinking of which, i'm off to the estate agents...
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