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Musical instruments, too. High-quality musical instruments can last a lifetime, and if you have the ability to tell the difference between a good one and a dud (hint: there are people who know this stuff. They're worth the price) you can save a bundle.

My wife and I just invested $3k in an antique piano. This may sound frivolous, but music is deeply important to our entire family. A piano with an equivalent 'voice' would have cost $30k. Our repairman said that just having our upright in for service was slowing his sales of top-end grand pianos, because at 100 years old, it *still* beat the new models hands-down.

We've done the same with several other musical instruments, including french horns and guitars. You need to be a knowledgable buyer, but you can save huge amounts of cash on these outlays.

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