The full breakdown

Here's exactly what you save.

No vague claims - instrument by instrument, here's the real price gap between a new instrument at a big box music store and a commissioned Revive Instruments horn.

By the numbers

Big box vs. Revive Instruments

Based on the same example instruments listed on our home page, priced against comparable new Jupiter-brand student models.

Student Clarinet Save $829 · 67% off
$1,229
$400
Student Trumpet Save $1,049 · 66% off
$1,599
$550
Alto Saxophone Save $1,499 · 54% off
$2,799
$1,300
Student Flute Save $629 · 51% off
$1,229
$600
Big box, new Revive Instruments

Where the gap comes from

Why the price is so different

Two very different cost structures behind two very different price tags.

Big box price includes

Retail markup & overhead

Brand-new manufacturing cost, showroom rent, sales staff commissions, and marketing spend - all baked into the sticker price before you even pick the instrument up.

Revive Instruments price includes

Sourcing, repair & testing

What it costs us to find the instrument, a tech's time reconditioning it, and our own play-testing. No showroom, no sales team, no new-manufacturing markup.

Averages across these examples

59.5% average discount vs. big box pricing
$1,000+ average dollar amount saved per instrument

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