Your Questions About Musical Instruments For Sale

Donald asks…

Is Schreiber a good brand for Oboes? How does it compare to Yamaha?

I am looking at buying an intermediate Oboe. I am trying to decide between two wood oboes. One is a Schreiber (WS7060) or Yamaha (YOB441).
The Schreiber model was on sale for $500 less than the Yamaha model but I am not aware of the brand and would like to know how it compares (quality wise) to Yamaha in making musical instruments, more specifically, oboes.

admin answers:

My stomach just flipped. No, if you HAVE to pick one of the two go with the yamaha. I play on the foxx conservatory and it has every extra bell and whistle available.

The yamaha plays well, but kind of like when you buy a BMW, you’re paying for the name with the yamaha. Honestly, go to a shop and test a bunch of intermediate/advanced oboes. You’ll be able to tell the difference on what is easier to control and what’s not.

Maria asks…

I sold an item for cash. There was no bill of sale issued. Now buyer wants money back.?

The item in question was a musical instrument I had advertised online. Buyer was happy with the item when they viewed it & immediately paid me cash for it. There was no Bill of Sale asked for or given. They now say that they could have bought this same item considerably cheaper somewhere else & want their money back. If I do not want to refund it, they are threatening to take me to “small claims court”. This was a private sale. I do not sell items as a business. Am I obligated legally to refund the money. I feel they got a great deal & for some reason they just need their cash back. Thanks.

admin answers:

You are not obliged to refund money at all for any reason, under Canadian law anywhere in Canada. Even a commercial business doesn’t have to, as long as the goods and/or service was done or delivered as claimed in writing or verbally (verbally is extremely hard to prove). Just because somebody finds something cheaper weeks later or when ever, doesn’t entitle them to any refund what so ever. If that was the case EVERY business would have you sign a legal waver in effect of that on every item bought. On a personal classified, private, non commercial sale of an item, it is buyer beware unless stated otherwise according to Canadian law. If you do sell items often or want to keep this guy happy you could meet him half way.
Personally for me, it was what the person AGREED to and PAYED so they would be SOL, as they are a careless shopper it’s not your obligation to pay for their foolishness. He was not forced into it under any kind of duress. (ie, at gunpoint or any other threating manner) It just like buying cars, homes or anything when the exact same thing can be found at all sorts of price levels. Just look at any printed media and see what we pay for them compared to everywhere else for items mostly printed here. Poof there is NO LAW protecting buyers in Canada. Tell him their is no such law to date protecting him from fair market price of any said item, as long as the tax was paid for on the item. Tell him as you sold it for less than you bought it for, no profit was made and no tax to claim is requiered on this item sale. No bill of sale will fail to make it through any civil court in the western world. The end bill of your lawyer and court cost will be at his expense as he has NO case so expect it to be that way.
He’s simplely mad and hopes to scare you with idol threats that cannot go anywhere but to more bills for him to pay for the item, that he thinks is pricey enough already. One day he might grow up and take the hit like we all have at one time or another, and not cry like a baby. The gas pump come to mind for us all everyday.

Chris asks…

Where do I stand legally with this? Gave musical instrument to shop for them to sell on commission…?

About a year and a half ago I gave my oboe worth about £600 to a shop that sells instruments for them to sell on commission. They would take about 20% of the sale if it sold, but it still hasn’t sold and I want it back now. I have now phoned 6 times and they keep putting me off with different excuses, but what it boils down to is they won’t return it. The oboe is my property and I have a receipt for it, but if they won’t give it back how do I go about getting it back either through courts/lawyer/police?

admin answers:

Why are you phoning.
Go to the store and demand it back.
If they do not give it back and you have all the paperwork then trading standards or the police will sort them out.

George asks…

What is the criteria for judging music as being ”good or bad”?

Surely there is some axiom that we can pit talent versus talent, for example I instinctively know that an artist like Lou Reed/Van Morrison is better & more talented than Justin Bieber, Why though?
Ultimately music seems to be opinion (ie what makes a music critics opinion more valid than yours?)

I’m asking is there key ways of determining one artist is better than another
ie musical integrity
technique on respective instrument
sales etc

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I tried to take polar opposites, if two musicians play a piece of music with X amount of techniques employed in the piece & one musician cannot complete it or plays it badly. Then we can say that the other musician is better.
Respectively this can be done for each band instrument (akin to reductionism) However i’m expected to believe that when these individual talents are brought together it cannot be judged & definitevly stated that ”This band is better than this band”

admin answers:

Music is Art.

Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is the yardstick for measuring “good” music.

You might consider that some music is better than others at evoking particular emotions. For instance, a dirge, polka, disco, or hip-hop might not provide the acoustic background desired at a wedding. Sousa marches might be out of place at a convention for coffin manufacturers. But if you’re looking for a suitable musical background for a silent movie, what you need is a theater pipe organ.
One you’ve settled on what particular type of music you want, then you can evaluate the proficiency of the performer and the ability of material to evoke the emotional feeling you’re looking for. If you’re looking for music to whip twenty acres of adolescent girls into a news-worthy frenzy, Bieber would be better suited than a retired singing circus clown for the job. If you’re looking for someone to play a little something for the Sunday Offertory, you might not have musicians capable of performing the Saint Matthews Passion, so you may have to settle for Aunt Lottie playing a hymn on the piano.

In short, a useful criteria might be “suitability” and “technical expertise of the performers.”

Just a thought . . .

Robert asks…

BC RICH GUITAR FOR SALE (UK only, sorry)?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BC-RICH-KERRY-KING-WARTRIBE-FLAME-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ180499525656QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2a069c3018#ht_500wt_1182

BC Rich Kerry King Wartribe Electric Guitar
Case included
Black and red guitar strap included
Bought for £360
Hardly used in mint condition :)

admin answers:

Actually this is exactly what Ive been looking for so yeah :) but im a bit short of money so would only be prepared to negotiate if possible. If your in then email me at aliofwalton@
(at)hotmail(dot)com

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