Posted by Rick Denney on November 09, 2002 at 23:43:13:
In Reply to: Hirsbrunner Tubas posted by JIm on November 09, 2002 at 17:15:13:
Don't confuse price and cost. Cost has to do with how the instrument is made (supply), and price has to do with what the market thinks of it (demand). Hirsbrunners have been well marketed and are exclusively sold, both of which drive up the price.
Rick "who has discussed this more deeply in the past" Denney