Hi all,
A few years back I looked into a couple of musical instrument insurance policies... and didn't go much further. For instance, I think one can still get insurance for instruments if you are a member of certain professional groups (Early Music America comes to mind). The other alternative is to get a rider on a home owner's policy... but I recall that being more limited in scope.
In any case, any policy is going to require appraisals. I can imagine that a decent appraisal is probably a difficult thing to acquire on some mandolins. And some of us would need a lot of appraisals (you know who you are).
I'm just curious what people are doing in the way of insurance and/or appraisals for their mandolins... given that they are a somewhat niche item.
Eric
ps - I wonder if we should just set Jim Garber up in business... submit photos and descriptions to him and he prints an appraisal certificate? :-)
"The effect is pretty at first... It is disquieting to find that there are nineteen people in England who can play the mandolin; and I sincerely hope the number may not increase."
- George Bernard Shaw, Times of London, December 12, 1893
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