AW: [sdiy] minimoog Voyager !!!!!

[Czech Martin]

I just got by a violin/string instrument repair shop
and looked into the adds:

used cello: EUR 30000
used violin: EUR 20000

and so on. Historic instruments. The older, the higher the price.
If you are a music teacher, you can write off all your musical
instruments (electronic or not) in your anual tax declaration.
(this applies to Germany, we can consider tax as beeing trivial,
as it has basically no meaning and is defined by humans.
I recently heared about fake theses, i.e. illegal aquired 
academic degrees (Dr.). Wow, I thought, how can they do this?
I mean, how do they get through with it? The next sentence
made it clear: applies only to law, economic , yes and 
tax "science". hahahahahahahahah...., oh well, welcome
in Dilbert land {www.dilbert.com} , it's all true...)

I know someone who has bought EUR 100000 worth of electronic gear, of
course for his own pleasure. Of course, he never used a single piece
for teaching. But got the tax write off, which basically means
40% or 50% cut off the price (due to the nonlinear tax
table the last pennys you earn get taxed up to 50%,
so a small write off here and then of about EUR 3000 or so
will be in that nonlinear area).

And then these guys complain about their "low" wages,
compared to me as engineer.
Not to forget the studio he build (also write off as
"means" necessary for teaching).
And about 12 weeks vacation each year. 12 weeks, this is
so boring, we want just 2.....

m.c.

> Don't forget that a contra-bass clarinet is $12,000 and 
> orchestral grade
> flutes can go to $6000. Master grade shakuhachis sell for $12,000.
>