Comments | poor_skills: Finding a buyer.

icollect in poor_skills

Finding a buyer.

Feb 12, 2011 18:11

Don't worry, I'm not trying to sell anything to anyone here, in this community. So, this is not a sales post. I just have some sales-oriented questions, because I'm trying to find a buyer for some common--and, some not-so-common--musical instruments. (I'm trying to help my Mom by creating a food stockpile. My mom buys all of the regular, month-to- ( Read more... )

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fractalwolf February 13 2011, 00:00:41 UTC

If they're unusual because they're no longer played commonly (as opposed to being unusual because only really rabid music fans have ever heard of them) you might find a buyer through your local SCA chapter. http://www3.sca.org/findsca.html

I know it's not unusual for Scadian bards to have a sort of "I have more weird instruments than you and I can play them all!" mentality. It's also not unheard of among filkers, but filkers are harder to find. Though you might also try posting on filk.

bean_bunny February 13 2011, 00:07:03 UTC

Email your local band/orchestra/jazz band directors. A kid might need those.

bean_bunny February 13 2011, 00:07:24 UTC

What sort of unusual are we talking, by the way?

daydreamingone February 13 2011, 00:19:13 UTC

and not just kids. If you have any colleges/universities in the area check with their music departments too.

hannahsarah February 13 2011, 14:45:28 UTC

THIS.

Colleges have message boards in their music departments for this very purpose.

badninja February 13 2011, 01:55:28 UTC

You could meet in a public place for Craigslist, so you don't have to have someone come to where you live.

childofsnow February 13 2011, 02:02:37 UTC

If they're truly unusual or collectible, you might try a museum or a collector. Often, if a piece has some sort of provenance, this increases its value.

icollect February 13 2011, 02:36:33 UTC

To answer: Maybe "uncommon" wasn't the right word....I used it because they aren't instruments that one would play in a traditional orchestra.

I've been playing the tin whistle since I was about eighteen. That's one of them that I'm trying to sell. (I've have two I bought to try them; I've found that I'm happy with my original one.)

This, and eight out of ten people I talk to ask me what a tin whistle is....I'm not being mean by saying that. It's just that I get a bit frustrated with that.

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icollect February 13 2011, 17:35:09 UTC

A tin whistle is an instrument that resembles a flute, but is played like a recorder. It has six holes, and differs from the recorder in that the fingerings used to play it aren't as complex.

I'm pretty sure that the tin whistle is an Irish instrument.

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xtrustisyoursx February 13 2011, 02:24:44 UTC

can you email me about this? this is somewhat relative to my interests. I'd say more, but it's somewhat personal.

joeyDOTalbinATgmailDOTcom