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Hi- I hope this is the right place to post this request for help- if not, please let me know. For 15 years I owned a full service music store, and we had a large school rental program. I’m retiring and the shop is closed now, and I have @125 rental-return violins, mostly fractional sizes, on hand. I need to find a home for these. Most of these instruments are Asian made, but of good quality, all ebony fitted (no painted finger boards, etc). Many/most of these instruments have Glasser fiberglass/horsehair bows, but the bows will probably need rehairing. I didn’t post this on the “for sale” forum, because I’m just asking for advice on how to proceed with finding a place for these violins. Any help will be appreciated. Feel free to private message me if you prefer. Thanks very much! (I’m near Raleigh, NC)
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Mouse, thanks for the reply. I’ve already donated 90+ band instruments to the local schools here, so I’m at the end of my need for tax write-offs. I’m not in the least interested in retailing these instruments, or in competing with anyone, but was hoping that Fiddlerman or some other maker/luthier might have a use for them, in which case I would ask for pennies on the dollar. That’s why I posted on the making/repair forum, instead of violins for sale. I’m just looking for a place to start! I hope that makes sense. If I’m “barking up the wrong tree”, I apologize.
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