Re: [Harp-L] Prices of Harmonicas



Marine bands were $2.25 to $2.50 around the pacific NW up in to the early seventies. I still have boxes marked $2.25 in pencil from one of our long gone mom and pop music stores. JD


----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Marconi" <pmarcons@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "bostonmoejo" <bostonmoejo@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Prices of Harmonicas



My first Marine Band - bought in the mid 60's was about $5:00.

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:29 AM, bostonmoejo <bostonmoejo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

That's inflation!!!

When I was a kid (let's say 50 years ago) my mother would send me to the
store with a dollar to get a loaf of bread, a half gallon of milk and a pack
of Lucky Strikes (yeah in those days they'd sell cigs to a seven year old
kid.) I got to keep the change which was enough to buy a candy bar for my
brother and myself (that's two candy bars at a nickel each) Now you're lucky
to be able to find a frickin' candy bar for a buck.


That's inflation!!!

I think my father was making about $8k a year then as a USPS letter
carrier.

I remember my great-grandfather telling me that when he was young my
great-grandmother (she handled the money) would save up a dollar so as to be
able to purchase a barrel of flour (clearly a money saving bulk purchase)
when he was trying to instill in me the value of a dollar.


That's inflation!!!

When I was in high school my friends and I would pool our money to put gas
in whoever's Dads car we had that night. A couple of bucks worth of gas
would allow use to drive around all night and not return the car with an
empty gas tank.


That's inflation!!!

The Gibson A-1 mandolin that I bought for $300 in the early 70s would set
me back $1500-$1800 today.

That's inflation.

My advise: buy as many Marine Bands (or mandolins) today that you can
afford.

Bo in Boston



In a message dated 03/19/10 10:43:54 Eastern Daylight Time,
mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx writes:
$43 at the local store for a Marine Band.  Insane that just a couple of
years ago they were half the price for the same thing!



Mike Fugazzi
Vocals/Harmonica
http://playingtheharmonica.blogspot.com/

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________________________________ From: John Hegedus <johnhegedus@xxxxxxx> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 9:11:57 AM Subject: [Harp-L] Prices of Harmonicas

It's crazy what harps cost these days. I could buy a nice Saxophone for
what a set of harps cost. Sad but true...











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