How about picking out a student cello?!

BassDad
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:31:43 +0000

I don’t know about the cello auditions but, when my daughter went through the process, the basses ranged from $2000 plywood instruments to a 150-year old Italian instrument that had to be worth at least $30K. I would guess the average bass at the conservatory auditions a year and a half back was probably in the $8K to $10K range. The kids who won the auditions at the top schools mostly had instruments worth at least that much.

It is very scary with basses because nobody will write an insurance policy that covers a valuable bass in the hands of a teenager when not at home or in the car.