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Dorie
Straus 
Moderator
(2/17/01 1:13:00 pm)
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'sigh'
I took a bow into my luthier's today
for some work and tried a cello they just got in. 1800's Italian.
The most beautiful sounding thing I ever played. $12,000. Not this
year.
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jekerry
Registered User
(2/17/01 2:39:07 pm)
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justification
Dorie,
where would you ever
find a car for $12,000 ???? How much did you pay for yours? Go buy
it! Heck, that's not really that much money. Think about it. You buy
a car for 14,000 (entry level at most dealers these days!), drive
for it three years, and how much is it worth? $6,000 if you are
lucky? Buy that cello and I bet it's worth MORE in three
years.
Well, I gave it my best shot.
Jane
Edited by: jekerry
at: 2/17/01 2:39:07 pm
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Dorie
Straus
Moderator
(2/17/01 2:49:14 pm)
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Jane
While washing dishes before you
should have heard the numbers clicking and crunching in my head.
Everything you said is absolutely true; the car is worth donkey dung
in 3 years - the cello... who knows. It was amazing. A better cello
than I am a cellist, for sure.
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Ellen
G 
Registered User
(2/17/01 6:01:54 pm)
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Re:
Jane
Banks are prepared for the routine
auto loan. They are not prepared for the instrument loan. Put wheels
on it, say it's a new Italian import, "The Violoncello." Hey,
Hyundai has "The Sonata." Vroom Vroom.
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jekerry
Registered User
(2/17/01 7:14:20 pm)
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Re:
Jane
Well, maybe it's just me, but the
most recent credit card I got had a $20,000 limit. That with NO
INTEREST for a year. Oh boy, we could get ourselves in debt big time
thinking like this!
Jane
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ruthann
Registered User
(2/17/01 7:55:02 pm)
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Re:
'sigh'
Jane, you evil temptress, you! You
started me thinking, hey, I never use that one visa card and it has
a 15k limit...
cello_suttonr@hotmail.com
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Paul
Tseng ICS Staff 
Administrator
(2/18/01 12:15:54 am)
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Max out
your Credit?
Yes, but think of the travel miles
you could earn! You could get free tickets for you AND your new
cello to that chamber music festival you've been wanting to attend! 
Paul Tseng
My Website
MP3!
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Dorie
Straus
Moderator
(2/18/01 6:57:57 am)
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JANE!
I haven't exactly given up on it. At
least I slept last night.
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Dorie
Straus
Moderator
(2/19/01 10:30:51 am)
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Re:
JANE!
I'm picking up the cello at 3 today
for a week. Our very own Justin is going to try it out and help me
with this decision Wednesday afternoon. Without going into my
personal finances...let's put it this way: where there is a will
there is a friend who is a mortgage banker.
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JanJan2
Registered User
(2/19/01 11:15:10 am)
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How
exciting, Dorie!
Good luck and let us know how you
make out! It sounds like love at first sight (well, hearing). And
12K sounds like a pretty good deal. Heck, you can pay that (and
more) for good contemporary instruments, and this is an antique AND
it's Italian!
Do you know who the maker is?
Janet
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me4cello
Registered User
(2/19/01 11:18:34 am)
Reply |
Oh well
done...
may be fate has taken a hand here
and it will be your perfect cello. Enjoy the trial, get as many
other people to play it that you can too.
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Dorie
Straus
Moderator
(2/19/01 11:50:27 am)
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Re: How
exciting, Dorie!
No I don't know the maker and it may
be very hard to find this out. It's also not as old as I understood
it to be, got that straight on the phone today. The label inside is
incorrect. The person who owned it previously bought it for the
label, found out it was incorrect, felt ripped off and fell out of
love. By the way, it was not purchased at my luthier's; she bought
it from the broken hearted owner.
I know I need help on this
so I'm not going it alone. It still comes down to sound, structure
and it may not matter if Johnny's friend, Joe's Uncle Tony made
it.
I will keep you all abreast of the
situation.
Edited by: Dorie
Straus at: 2/19/01 11:50:27 am
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karenlee
Registered
User
(2/19/01 1:22:53 pm)
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Re:
JANE!
How exciting! Did you read the
Carter Brey interview? His mom mortgaged the house to replace his
$750 cello.
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MaryK
Registered
User
(2/19/01 1:31:54 pm)
Reply
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Re:
JANE!
Dorie, that is Fabulous!! I hope it
works out for you. Either way, we'll be here for you, so keep us
posted!
MaryK
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jekerry
Registered User
(2/19/01 1:57:22 pm)
Reply |
Re:
JANE!
Way to go!!! You're an example to us
all . . . . I hope it works out for you and after a week you know it
was meant to be.
Best,
Jane
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Bobbie
Registered
User
(2/19/01 2:43:28 pm)
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Oops!
Edited by: Bobbie
at:
2/19/01 2:43:28 pm
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Bobbie
Registered
User
(2/19/01 2:42:12 pm)
Reply |
Re: How
exciting, Dorie!
So are you going to put your old
cello up for sale? I know someone who might be
interested.
Actually, I was going to tell you a story. A
friend of mine found her cello while she was still a starving
student. She traded in her old one, borrowed money, used every cent
she had, borrowed more money, and finally bought it for something
around $20K. It's probably worth four times that now, and I don't
think she has ever regretted it.
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drcello
Registered User
(2/19/01 3:03:58 pm)
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The
cold, clear voice of reason....
Hey! If you really want to get a
better cello, have you actually shopped around? I was in a shop in
Des Moines Iowa a few months ago, and they had some fine old cellos
in the $6000 range that sounded fabulous. And an old $6000 cello
will increase in value, too just as the $12,000 one. Shop around.
Might as well get a bargain! Impulse buying can bring grief a few
months down the road.
Marshall C. St.
John
drcello@mindspring.com
www.waysidechurch.org
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Betsy
C 
Registered User
(2/19/01 5:37:33 pm)
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Dorie!
All the best whichever way this
goes. You will make the right choice. In either case, this is
exciting!
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DWThomas
Registered User
(2/19/01 7:13:51 pm)
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Re:
JANE!
Wow - what excitement!
Having
watched my 401K and one of my IRAs that's in equity funds plummet by
multi-thousand buckaroonies during the last half of 2000, maybe
cellos would be a much better investment anyway.
Dave
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