Comments by "TheThirdMan" (@thethirdman225) on "Why Musicians Pay Over $15K For John Coltrane’s Favorite Saxophone | So Expensive | Business Insider" video.

A sound that only an expert can hear… I’m sure there are a lot of them on the internet who will regale us with tales of how special it is… When I was a kid I was forced to learn the clarinet. They say if you can play a clarinet, you can play a saxophone. We each had to buy an instrument and the teacher was selling one which was made by Selmer. The major difference was that the others were made of something like Bakelite, while the Selmer was made of wood. I can’t remember hearing a difference but while the one I ended up with was new, the Selmer was more expensive. I can actually see the value in those instruments, given how much manual labour there is. There’s no question that they are beautifully made and finished. But I suppose, like everything else, there will be a bunch of hard core fanatics who will drive prices up.
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