Hi Paul, Check out The Harpsichord Clearing House. They should be able to give you an idea of what the instruments are worth, etc. http://www.harpsichord.com/ best, Aaron At 09:13 AM 5/6/2009, you wrote: >Hi List, > >We have at least one harpsichord too many. Currently, we have 4, 3 >of which we use occasionally...one of them being a Benn which we use >for concerts and recitals, one being a Tyre which the organ >professor says he uses, and a smaller one that fits nicely into the >orchestra pit when needed once per year... none of them are used >very often. We also have a virginal and small clavichord that NEVER >get used that I know of. Our director and I had a meeting yesterday >talking about some repairs that need to be done to the performance >harpsichords and he wonders why we have all these others if they're >not being used. Unless our faculty insist on keeping all of them, I >may sell 1 or 2 of these instruments. > >Is there any market for such things? I have no prior education on >their worth or what new ones cost. > >Can anyone give some advise? > >Of course, if I sell them, we'll get 2 or 3 keyboard majors who need >harpsichords ;>0 > >Thanks >Paul ------------------------------------------ Aaron Bousel abousel at comcast.net (413) 253-3544 (voice) (413) 253-3846 (voice & fax) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090506/2a968208/attachment.html>
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