Holding out for my cane.

Friday July 13 2007

I’m trying to hold out for the month until I return back to the States. In Oregon, I have a whole bunch of cane reserves.

1.5 lbs of RDG… R/GO Bargain Basement I received for a Christmas present

Cane bought from Leiladog aka Sharon Meekins of NJ, recently on Ebay.

(above: Just one of my 5 batches of cane.)

Batch #2 ($275.00)

• 6 pounds of Vandoren cane from 2002

Batch #6 ($52.98)

• 9 pounds of Donati EH cane from 2000

Batch #9 ($356.00)
9 Pounds of cane ranging from 1992-1998

• Unspecified amounts of Donati, Bonazza, Rigotti, SERF…, MCW…, Ghys and maybe .75 lbs of California cane from Charles DR.

Batch #14 ($280.00)

• 4 lbs of Oboeworks cane from 1999
• 1lb Pisoni from 1999
• ½ lb Bonazza from 1998
• ¼ lb Marca from 2000

Batch #23 ($232.50)

• 1lb Alliaud 10.5-11 from 1992
• 1lb Donati/Chudnow 10-10.5 from 1995
• .5 lb Loree 10-10.5 from 2004
• .5 lb Danzi 10.5-11 from NO YEAR… LISTED…
• .5 lb Pisoni 10-10.5 from 1997
• .5 lb Donati 10-10.5 from 1994
• .25 lb Alliaud/Midwest 10-10.5 from 1997
• .5 lb Oboeworks cane 10-11 (yes, unsorted)
• .25 lb Danzi 10.5-11 NO YEAR… LISTED…
• .25 lb Glotin/MMI 10-10.5 from 2002
• .5 lb Mystery cane (?!) NO YEAR… LISTED…
• .5 lb Rigotti/Charles 10-10.5 from 2000

Total spent: $1196.48

Amount of Cane received 26.5 pounds of oboe cane. 9 pounds of English Horn cane.

Considering most cane sells for about $90-$110 per pound, the oboe cane alone would have cost me probably $2650, and the English Horn cane sells for somewhere between $70-90.00 a pound, I figure the total cost would have been somewhere over $3000.

Now. Of course I have all this cane, and I’m not sure if it’s all that great. I’ve used most of the types of cane, but some I’ve never use before is:

• SERF…
• MCW…
• Danzi
• Marca
• Loree
• OboeWorks

I’ve heard oboeworks cane was some of the best cane ever before it went out of business. Loree is always in demand, but SERF…, MCW…, Danzi, and Marca remain a mystery to me. If anyone has tried any of these types of cane, please email me and tell me your opinions! (Of course different years have different results, but usually they have at least similar qualities to them.)

Some quantities have minimal amounts, which I’m very happy to sell off immediately if you are curious about some kinds of cane and would like to try them out, such as:

• .25 lb Danzi 10.5-11 NO YEAR… LISTED…
• .25 lb Glotin/MMI 10-10.5 from 2002
• .25 lb Alliaud/Midwest 10-10.5 from 1997
• .25 lb Marca from 2000

Of course I’ll also be more than delighted to sell:

• .5 lb Rigotti/Charles 10-10.5 from 2000
• Unspecified amounts of the Rigotti and Ghys

If anyone wants this, send me an offer and I’ll be happy to send it out when I arrive in the States.

Cane is waiting for me. I just have to survive one more month with this Ghys and Rigotti. Ugh.