Just out of idle curiosity, in this frenzied public market for six-holed instruments, where instruments are sometimes aquired faster than tunes to play on them...
Have you sold an instrument and then regretted it?
the one that got away
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the one that got away
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I missed buying a WW A by a few minutes. 
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Tintin, nearly EVERY instrument I've sold I've regretted doing so the moment after it left my hands. Some of them it took years to realize what I 'lost'. At some point I decided that really two fine whistles that I just didn't play enough (but were in the hands of people who appreciated them and played them) I would put on perma-loan. It is theirs as long as they play it. When they no longer play them, I wish to have them back. There is a Thin Weasel and a Grinter out there that I saved from seller's remorse.
But the only one I pursued after a sale was an old-style Syn. Sold it, regretted it, bought multiple others in search of the sound and sold or returned them all, and was finally gifted one that is perfect!
If I stop buying, I'll stop selling. If I stop selling, I'll never regret the sale!
But the only one I pursued after a sale was an old-style Syn. Sold it, regretted it, bought multiple others in search of the sound and sold or returned them all, and was finally gifted one that is perfect!
If I stop buying, I'll stop selling. If I stop selling, I'll never regret the sale!
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It hasn't happened with whistles yet. I'm still acquiring.
I have bought and sold a good many banjos, guitars, fiddles and mandolins, in my life, though. Only regrets: a Martin 0-15 guitar from 1954 (which I sold to a friend, (he laughs at me every time he breaks it out), and a 1921 Gibson A-0 mandolin. I sold these to buy a 1923 Vega Tubaphone banjo and a 2000 Weber Beartooth mandolin, respectively. These are keepers, too, so I try not to be too hard on myself!
I have bought and sold a good many banjos, guitars, fiddles and mandolins, in my life, though. Only regrets: a Martin 0-15 guitar from 1954 (which I sold to a friend, (he laughs at me every time he breaks it out), and a 1921 Gibson A-0 mandolin. I sold these to buy a 1923 Vega Tubaphone banjo and a 2000 Weber Beartooth mandolin, respectively. These are keepers, too, so I try not to be too hard on myself!
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Sold tons of whistles and flutes. I haven't regretted the sale of one whistle. There are a couple of flutes I regret just a tny bit, but 99% of the time I'm glad I sold them. I REALLY need to concentrate on just a handful of flutes.
Charlie
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My beautiful half size bass that I had totally refinished and set up ever so nicely... I came home to 'visit' and never went back ... alas, it made more sense to sell the bass than to either try to ship it or to go back and get it... funny thing is, the gal I sold it to then moved to within 200 miles of me... she resisted attempts to buy it back... good for her... bad for me... I ended up selling a lot of things in that 'move' that I regret losing.
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Try contacting Glenn Schultz's family at thnwzl@aol.comTommy wrote:I missed buying a WW A by a few minutes.
I had an e-mail from his daughter Bree a couple of weeks ago, and they still have a number of instruments left. Not sure exactly what, but it's worth an e-mail.
Thanks Paul.brewerpaul wrote:Try contacting Glenn Schultz's family at thnwzl@aol.comTommy wrote:I missed buying a WW A by a few minutes.
I had an e-mail from his daughter Bree a couple of weeks ago, and they still have a number of instruments left. Not sure exactly what, but it's worth an e-mail.
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CelloDog wrote:I put a Chieftain OS low G for sale on C&F; none of you replied. I figured out how to properly play (and love) it as my post sank slowly to the bottom. Thanks to all of you for not responding.
Doug
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- Tell us something.: I play whistles. I sell whistles. This seems just a BIT excessive to the cause. A sentence or two is WAY less than 100 characters.
I DID trade my O'Riordan set away and do not regret it one bit. I like my Rose, Bleazey(s), Lancewood Syn, Weston and Renee's Flute much more.picardy third wrote:I regret selling my O'Riordan for $800 and then realized I could have gotten a good $1100!
Just kidding. Never owned one. I don't condone the behavior anyway!
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