Copeland Low D at 409$? WOA! How much profit?

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 6:35 am

Heh Jens, I'm so happy I got my fairly cheap (but nice) gold plated "One Ring" a few months back. I'm not sure how much I would have to pay should I buy one now.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:09 am

It may be costly to acquire such a ring, but it's a lot harder to get rid of one - ask Frodo!

ChrisLaughlin · Post by **ChrisLaughlin** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:15 am

About the ring - holy (^&(#^( this thing must be powerful indeed!
Chris

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:40 am

Oh my god! Just last night, I said to someone that I wanted a Lord of the Rings ring...guess it won't be this one! Man, I hope they make more copies!!

Jessie

Jens_Hoppe · Post by **Jens_Hoppe** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:51 am

If all you want is a run-of-the-mill "One Ring", rather than the big "Original From The Movie" thing on ebay, look here instead:

http://www.badalijewelry.com/tolkien.htm

They look very nice, but still don't make you invisible or anything, I'm afraid...

Jens

[ This Message was edited by: Jens_Hoppe on 2001-12-17 10:56 ]

dakotamouse · Post by **dakotamouse** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 11:52 am

I just read in the paper that Elijah Wood got to keep the original ring used in the movie. I wouldn't mind having one of those rings and someday when I have more money than I know what to do with I guess I'll know what to do with it.

This topic took an unexpected and fun twist.

Mary

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 11:59 am

Well, even if they don't make you
invisible, the cheaper rings make
you translucent--not bad for 15 dollars.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 12:30 pm

Now if Elijah Wood kept the original. . .what is being sold on eBay for that ridiculous sum?

Tom_Gaul · Post by **Tom_Gaul** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 4:18 pm

Jens,

Die Mutter aller Filmringe ist eine gross "Rip Off"!

So is my German!

[ This Message was edited by: Tom_Gaul on 2001-12-17 17:22 ]

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 6:40 pm

Good comment John,

When you consider the quality of work that Mr.Copeland puts into his whistles- if these whistles were handmade concert band instrument instead of whistles they would well be into thousands of dollars. Just check out a few websites of handmade band instruments and see.

A good conical taper takes a lot of work. Brass has to be annealed - it only takes so much treatment and then it has to be annealed again - time consuming.

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 7:18 pm

Yeah I got my ring from Badali.. but I went back to the site and saw they had these kewl new designs. Oh well I certainly hope this doesn't develop into OROA!

Jens_Hoppe · Post by **Jens_Hoppe** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 2:26 am

On 2001-12-17 17:18, Tom_Gaul wrote:
Die Mutter aller Filmringe ist eine gross "Rip Off"!
So is my German!

I fully agree with both statements.

Jens

PS: I should point out that I am actually in no position to evaluate statement #2 fairly, my German being only slightly better than Basil Fawlty's.

[ This Message was edited by: Jens_Hoppe on 2001-12-18 03:27 ]

jimr · Post by **jimr** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 9:19 pm

Sorry I didn't see this earlier!

Just how much do think a high-end whistlemaker (or any instrument maker) makes per hour?

Lots of factors at play here..., far beyond material cost.

Jim
Copeland Woodwinds

[ This Message was edited by: jimr on 2002-02-14 22:47 ]

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 9:39 pm

To each his own perspective. But if it's worth it to you, end of argument. Distilling value of a handmade instrument to net profit above dollars per hour expended by the maker just doesn't get it for me. WHen I'm willing and satisfied I walk away a happy man.....ah Michael, Colin, Mike B., Michael G., Glenn et al - bless you. Philo

RCORC · Post by **RCORC** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 9:54 pm

I tend to agree with Philo..if you're happy with the product and don't mind the price, it's worth it.
Also, I would be surprised if the actual percentage of profit for a handcrafted whistle is greater than a that of a $7.00
mass produced whistle made with 50 cents worth of raw material.