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21-Apr-2017
Astronomical Prices, Lips Book Used Copy €234,95!!!! - Germanyby Prof. Ulrich Schmülling of Karthause Schmülling |
 The well-known book "The Art of Bayan Playing: Technique, Interpretation, and Performance of Playing the Accordion Artistically" Catalog: kslips00 is published as an English version of the German book "Die Kunst des Bajanspiels" Catalog: kslips01 by legendary bayan virtuoso and pedagogue Prof. Friedrich Lips, and published by Karthause-Schmülling (Kamen, Germany). For some months the book has been the subject of astronomically high prices in specialist circles of the international accordion scene, because it was sold out until recently: On Internet platforms, for example, 234.95 Euro (at amazon.de ) or 162,74 Euro (at amazon.fr) for a used (!) edition of the legendary specialist book or 244,12 Euro (at amazon.fr) for a "new" edition. At the lowest price, it was available as a used edition on amazon.com for US$ 66.45 "These spectacularly high prices for the softcover book reflect impressively and quite correctly the outstanding specialist books' content," says Prof. Ulrich Schmülling, publisher of the book. Meanwhile the book, translated by Willoughby Ann Walshe into English, has been reprinted and is available again from Karthause-Schmülling for the music and book trade and can be ordered house and can be ordered online at the “normal” price of €29.00 plus postage, Catalog: kslips00 |