fiddlefaddle Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 1. How much is a 30 something year old 1/4 sized Czech fiddle worth, in fair condition but completely playable? 2. what's a bow rehair cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsden Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 fiddlefaddle, A rehair in Detroit cost about $45. Best wishes, Marsden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Tucker Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 I'm in Roswell, but I'm pretty sure that Albuquerque charges between thirty five and fifty. That's only for a violin bow, though, which is the least expensive rehair. Add about ten dollars for viola, twenty for cello, and a bass bow costs between sixty five and seventy five dollars. Less if black hair is used. More for the best quality white, a mix (salt/pepper) is somewhere in between. This is what I've been told - I don't send any business there. If you're doing the rehair for another business (a music store, for example, or the school system) then between twenty and twenty five dollars for a rehair is acceptable, that way they can afford to, and will give you the business rather than send it off somewhere else, or attempt the rehair themselves. You'll make up the loss in sheer volume once you display a talent for rehairing. Then you'll never rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlefaddle Posted March 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 Thanks all. The fiddle has no cracks, defects or weaknesses, just heavy wear, realy so I guess that's probably better than fair. good bow, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsden Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 Bud, Not that this is a direct comparison, but I thought you might find it interesting until someone gives you a comparison here in the States. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...;category=10180 Figure the Euro at 1.10 to the dollar. Sofort kaufen is buy it now. Marsden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Fiddler Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Bud, I just had a re-hair today in Austin, Texas. I paid $45 plus tax for Argentinian Stallion hair. Yankee Fiddler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 2. a rehair can cost anywhere between $35 - 50 depending on the job, amount of hair and quality of hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierGirl Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Here in Indy it's about $45-$65 for a professional rehair. Depends a lot on the type/source of the hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy jane Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 I have sold most of our used fractional violin outfits (w/bow, etc) for from $125 to $175 apiece. These were all in near-mint condition. I have bought similar ones for $75-150 (used). For fractionals, I have found it cheaper to buy a new Glasser bow through a catalog than to get a rehair. Condition seems to be the main concern of parents & kids. We have a nice old (but scuffed up) German 3/4 that absolutely no one is interested in, yet they'll snap up a cheap Chinese w/painted fingerboard! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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