Music has always been a source of inspiration in life, different people have different tastes but at the end of the day it is the music we listen to, weather it is classical, jazz, rock, pop or metal. Music can change the mode swing of a person, it can bring a person out of depression, it can make a person forget all the worries of life and it can remind a person of his first love. The flow of music is just like a flowing river, well composed and each note is in accordance with the next. A single piece of music we listen to is not created out of blue, but it takes a lot of things such as a well written songs, then its composition and then the instruments which are involved in it, not just one but there are couple of instruments used in just one song and then every instrument requires a person with complete expertise who would play it.
The making of these instruments itself is an art, there are some instruments like flute which do not require much working, we can consider them as our natural instruments. Then we have some instruments whose making is as complicated as any chemical compound, and then are some instruments whose making is based on sheer electrical engineering. These Instruments are costly and their maintenance too is very expensive. The top10 costliest musical instruments are:
10. SITAR:
Sitar is a historical instrument; its origin is dated back to the time of MUGHALS. These days it is used in Pakistan and India for classical music, this instrument brings a touch of the Persian theme in the music, sitar is the main ingredient for creating a piece of classical music. Normally a sitar would cost 300 to 3,000. The best sitars are from HEMAND CALCUTTA ranging from 3,600 to 14,000.
9. SAXOPHONE:
World's most expensive saxophone is CHARLES PARKER'S which went into auction for about 30,000 to 35,000, CHARLES PARKER is a legend in jazz music was a marvelous saxophone player. The prices of saxophone depends on the company, for beginners an average saxophone will cost from 100 to 1500, for intermediate 1,000 to 1,900, for professionals it can vary from 2,000 to 10,000. TENOS saxophone ranges from 750 to 8,000, BARITONE saxophone from 2,600 to 7,000. For those who want the best quality they should go for CONTRABASS which will cost from 15,000 - 32,000. There is another saxophone which is made up of diamonds incorporated in glass with some amount of gold, it is worth 60,000.
8. MUSIC KEYBOARD:
A small keyboard comes in the face of piano keyboard, which is very small and has no features, it will cost a few hundred. A real music keyboard with all the features will cost around 15,000. They are often very costly because they play a very vital role in composition of a song. It is used by professionals mostly, they can easily afford to pay a very high price.
7. CLARINET:
BENNY GOODMAN was the master of clarinet and most extraordinary Fender Stratocaster is the name, one of fender Stratocaster's guitar got sold for 2 million and another went for 3.7 million. The modern guitars which are used by the professionals these days come very costly.
3. DRUM SETS:
An average drum set can cause you between a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. The most expensive drum set we have is worth 50,000 because it is made up of gold. Another one which we have is KEITH MOON'S SILVER kit, which was sold for 252,487 but only the half of the kit was sold. Keith moon was the greatest drummer ever in the history; unfortunately he died at the age of 32. There are many other expensive drum set such as drum workshop's "Tamu Ash"
2. PIANO:
Pianos are very expensive; it is easy for everyone to afford them. If you go for a new grand piano then it will cost you about 15,000, however if you want to have a better quality piano then you range can vary till 35,000. If you want to go for the cheapest STEINWAY grand piano then it will cost you at least 12,000. The price of a piano depends on the wood used in the manufacture and the company. We have a handmade transparent crystal piano, made by Crystal Music Company, it is among the most expensive pianos in world, and we have the grand Rossa by Reslnno which is also very expensive. The most expensive piano ever sold is a legendary piano of JOHN LENNON and his wife Yoko ono, it's a Steinway model Z piano, this piano is also very much admired because it was featured in one of Lennon's song "IMAGE". It has been sold to George Michael for 2.08 million.
1. VIOLINS:
Violins are said to the most expensive musical instrument so far and they have a history of being sold at very high prices as well. the reason for such high price is its enticing melody and unique construction. An average violin may cause you a couple of thousand dollars but if you want the best quality then it can cause you much more than a few thousand dollars. Speaking of best violins STRADIVARI is name which comes to mind, Antonius Stradivari has manufactures over 1 thousand violins, all of them being absolutely amazing, among them the most expensive sold violin in "the hammer" auctioned for 3.5 million, another named "lady tenant Stradivarius" of Stradivari's violin got sold for 2.03 million. Then we have GIUSEPPE GUARNERI, another competitor of Antonius Stradivari whose violin got sold for 4 million.
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