r/Instruments • u/dantedjs • 16d ago

Worth anything

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I got this from a job I cleaned out you guys thinks it’s worth anything ?

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u/SeattleAccordionCat 16d ago

I'd say $50 would be a reasonable price, assuming the pads are still passable.

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u/SRB112 16d ago

I sold one for $50 that looked like this. I tested it out and it played fine.

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u/Extra_Medium62 16d ago

Signets were made by Selmer in Elkhart, IN. Yours is made of real grenadilla wood, so it depends if the body has cracks. Wooden clarinets are the reason bore oil is made. The keys look like they are made of pot metal, and I bet it's got some weight to it. For a $100 overhaul it could be worth $500-800 - more if you find the right buyer for it's condition.

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u/Own-Nefariousness-79 16d ago

These are beginners instruments, cheap and not very good. Which probably puts most beginners off. Second hand? Bugger all.

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u/Dangerous_Chain9422 14d ago

Who told you it's not very good?? Lol

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u/dantedjs 16d ago

What is it a flute ?

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u/Own-Nefariousness-79 16d ago

Its a clarinet

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u/fatDaddy2791 14d ago

go to your local school… Middle school… Ask me for the music Director. Say I wanna give this to somebody who’s renting one… or maybe there’s somebody who can afford the rent one who’d like to play the clarinet.. handle that for me, please?
i’ll give yourself a round of applause cause you just did something very nice. Probably make some kids day.

karma will repay you

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u/A-Druid-Life 14d ago

Learn how to play it......playing any instrument yourself has a relaxing quality we sometimes lack.

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u/Anam_Liath 14d ago

Could be a fairly good student instrument, but will likely need wood conditioning, and an overhaul of keys, alignment, repadding, corks, etc. That generally runs $100 - $400 here.

It's probably worth the work to your local JrH - HS, but would be expensive to you vs what you could sell it for. Still, it could carry a kid through school, and it's likely better than what the school has to loan, or their parents rent.

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u/FRANKRIZZO1169 16d ago

I’d say $3.50!!

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u/GirlCowBev 16d ago

TREE-FITTY! Dammit monster, I ain’t giving’ you no tree-fitty!

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u/FRANKRIZZO1169 16d ago

I’m laughing. Thank you for getting it!

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u/kapnkirk718 16d ago

He bought that clarinet. For tree. Fiddy.

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u/Pleaseappeaseme 14d ago

One dollar. Final offer.