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So I need a new horn soon, and the instrument I've found really works well for me is a Conn 6m ladyface alto made in 1950. It plays like a dream, underslung octave key, microtuner neck, original laquer, engraving stands out, pads should last a very very long time, and the owner is asking $1800 for it. Conveniently, this is the most I can pay on an instrument right now. Its just had several hundred dollars worth of overhaul on it. I want to buy it, but my parents aren't too keen on it for the following reasons.
1. Its old. They don't understand how an old instrument could possibly be better than a new one such as, say, a Jupiter XO or a Cannonball. Thats what they think is the best for me at the moment.
2. There's no recourse or "lemon law" from a private dealer.
3. If I buy it they think that it'll fall apart almost instantly and when we take it to be fixed we'll learn that it needed this, that, and the other done to it.
4. One of my teachers personally doesn't like it (He plays a Selmer Series II). On the other hand, one of my other teachers says that its in fantastic condition.
What do you all have to say about this? Any advice or pearls of wisdom that could put their minds more at ease would be wonderful.
1. Its old. They don't understand how an old instrument could possibly be better than a new one such as, say, a Jupiter XO or a Cannonball. Thats what they think is the best for me at the moment.
2. There's no recourse or "lemon law" from a private dealer.
3. If I buy it they think that it'll fall apart almost instantly and when we take it to be fixed we'll learn that it needed this, that, and the other done to it.
4. One of my teachers personally doesn't like it (He plays a Selmer Series II). On the other hand, one of my other teachers says that its in fantastic condition.
What do you all have to say about this? Any advice or pearls of wisdom that could put their minds more at ease would be wonderful.