We don't sell instruments. We price them.
What are you pricing?
Before you walk into the shop or the school rental desk, get the straight number: what a real instrument costs at each level, beginner to pro, with dated figures from the makers and the big retailers.
Price by family
Strings
Violin · Cello · Harp · Guitar · Double bass
The deepest corner of the void, and the widest price spread of any family.
Brass
Trumpet · Trombone · French horn · Tuba
School-band staples nobody has priced honestly. A tuba is a used-car decision.
Woodwind
Clarinet · Oboe · Flute · Bassoon
Where the reed budget quietly outlasts the instrument.
Keys
Piano · Digital piano · Keyboard
The single biggest first-instrument decision most families ever make.
Percussion
Drum set · Snare drum · Cajon
The sticker price is the start, not the end. We break out the full kit.
Accessories
Strings · Reeds · Bows · Music stands · Mouthpieces
The stuff you rebuy. Strings and reeds wear out; here is what to spend.
Why trust a price from us?
Because we have no instrument to sell you. No showroom, no trade-in desk, no lesson studio, no dog in the fight over which brand you pick. Every figure on this site is checked against a maker's page or a major retailer and dated so you can see when we looked. When a used instrument is the smarter buy, we say so. When a $40 marketplace "violin" is furniture, not an instrument, we say that too.