Most of the time people get an insurable value, or a retail sale value of the instrument. Let’s differentiate between a few items first – INSURABLE VALUE and the actual AS-IS value in an open market such as eBay. They want me to buy it at their price but I won’t get anywhere near what they were told it is worth.
Others people I correspond with have been told their clarinet is worth far more than what I tell them it is worth and they are perplexed.
But that’s a long time to wait, and few other instruments actually increase in value. Of course over time you may recover value such as a Buffet R13 from say 1960 was bought for $180 is now worth $800 in undamaged and playable condition. Clarinets are a dime a dozen, and like cars they lose half their value once purchased, no matter if you drove it or not. We are mainly talking about it’s true sale value in an open market. If you have an intermediate clarinet, there is nothing about it that makes it a professional clarinet and worth more, period. If the clarinet has been in the family for decades then there is an emotional attachment and you think it is worth more And then many professional Buffets sell for less or the same as the retail price 25 years ago. This question of course gets asked by most people because they think their beloved clarinet from years past is worth far more than what they bought it for or that they found a clarinet at a garage sale which must be worth a ton of money because they are lucky and bought it.įirst let’s take a look at which clarinets are worth some value. If you have anything other than a professional Buffet, it is worth far less than what you paid for it, this may include garage sale prices.
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