Wenger practice room price

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burningchrome wrote:The United States Air Force Band (in DC) has one for their main rehearsal hall. I'm told it cost $800,000.
Clearly a government contract
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jamsav wrote:
burningchrome wrote:The United States Air Force Band (in DC) has one for their main rehearsal hall. I'm told it cost $800,000.
Clearly a government contract
Let's be fair - most of that went into the custom soundproof toilet seat.
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there's a Wenger practice room for sale, right here, on tubenet, for $1800

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edit: oops, did't see the post at the top of the page :/
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I just priced these for my music store. They're $300 per square foot (delivered and installed) for the version with no electronics, and $350 per square foot for the V-tech electronic version.

So, if you wanted an 8 foot x 5 foot space, you'd be starting at $12,000. There are much better ways to spend $12k, which is why I didn't end up getting the fancy rooms for the store.

Keep in mind that price includes all of the lighting, air conditioning, etc. -- there is a lot of technology in them, so I guess they cost what they cost. My thoughts on the subject is that most people buying them are government (read: schools and military) contracts, and money is generally appropriated based on a bid for whatever is needed.

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