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Subject: Re: Less is More

From: "cormallen" <motm@...>
Date: 2004-12-22

I think you misunderstand me; I didn't mean to imply that you couldn't find a buyer for
your creations, or that a price would be hard to neogitate. What I meant was that if I had
built your stuff, I would be far too personally attached to it to be able to sell.

Harry

> > Ah, but you built most of your studio yourself - you can't sell stuff
> > like that!
>
> Yes and no.
> The problem is that there is no "going price" for one-off built stuff, and
> that the ∗really∗ good offers for a certain instrument always come at a
> time when you think that specific piece would be indispensable and
> absolutely not for sale.
> But actually, _everything_ stops to be "indispensable" after some time;
> at the latest when a new project has taken that specific place.
> I guess the real problems start with shipping these items. How could one
> possibly insure something homebuilt against shipping damage, for instance.
>
> Guess I'm thinking too much aloud (;->)
>
> JH.