I just picked up a Schilke 69C4 Mouthpiece at my local music store.
I'm just curious to know, what are your guys' opinions on this mouthpiece or Schilke mouthpieces in general?
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Are you implying that local music stores in Canada sometimes overcharge? That never happens in the U.S.PMeuph wrote:Opinions: If you bought at a local music store, I hope you didn't overpay.![]()
But thanks for encouraging the economy...
Otherwise, depending on what kind of tuba you have, it's a great mouthpiece!
Seen on a local music store's webpage:Ace wrote:Are you implying that local music stores in Canada sometimes overcharge? That never happens in the U.S.PMeuph wrote:Opinions: If you bought at a local music store, I hope you didn't overpay.![]()
But thanks for encouraging the economy...
Otherwise, depending on what kind of tuba you have, it's a great mouthpiece!
Ace just kidding
I did say, "I hope you didn't overpay" meaning that I know that some stores (given the smaller market) here have to charge more as they don't have the volume discounts available to certain US retailers. While to USD to cad is currently High, it's not really steep compared to where it's been before, in fact it has dropped almost 20 cents from last summer. The real difficulty is that there's such a fluctuation in the exchange over time. If a Canadian bought something from the US in 2011, and sold it last summer, they probably could have made a pretty penny, just because of the exchange rate and nearly 50% fluctuation in that 6 year period. There are examples at other times were the result would be the exact opposite.julianbrass wrote:No I don’t think that stores here in Canada overcharge. The exchange from USD to CAD is really steep so that’s one of the reasons the prices look so steep.