About the Conn-Selmer Wish List

The All American School Wish List is a quick and easy way to create a listing of instruments that your program needs. The Wish List can easily be submitted to Conn-Selmer and we will provide you a special no-obligation purchase or lease/purchase proposal. We can provide you all the information you need to create your list, including model numbers, complete descriptions and available accessories for your music program.

What Do You Mean by Lease/Purchasing?

When schools consider leasing almost any kind of equipment, they are generally talking about lease/purchasing. Lease/purchasing, unlike traditional leases, are more like installment sales. With each payment, the lessee (the school) builds equity in the instruments and, at the end of the lease, owns the instruments without any additional "balloon" payment. Conn-Selmer's Lease/Purchasing (or lease/financing) program also includes special termination provisions designed to comply with state laws. Generally, they provide that the school can terminate the lease if it is unexpectedly unable to come up with the funds to continue the lease.

Leasing or Lease/Purchasing. What's the Difference?

Traditional leasing is a rental agreement. With a traditional lease, the lessee (the school) would not accrue any ownership in the equipment. Lease/purchasing makes better sense because the school system will end up owning high-quality instruments which will continue to perform long after the last lease payment is made.

So Why Doesn't The School Just Pay Cash?

Paying for the instruments all at once can make more sense. However, in today's "cash crunch", savvy school business managers have many reasons to recommend lease/purchasing, including...

Preventing Budget Strain

Needed instruments can be obtained immediately, but your budget does not have to absorb the entire cost at one time.

Protecting Against Cost Increases

Yearly purchases of instruments must take into account annual price increases. While a lease/purchasing program is renewable each year, there can be NO PRICE INCREASE for any item on the lease.

Expanding the Program without Expanding the Budget

Your program can continue to grow with assurance that your carefully planned budget will remain intact.

I've Heard That My School Cannot Pay Interest

Nearly all school systems pay interest on leased or financed buses, major data systems, climate and other control systems or other major equipment and systems. Ask your business manager for the straight scoop.

Anything purchased over time is done so on borrowed money. Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise. With lease purchasing, the cost of the instruments is fixed; it will not go up with inflation. Some school administrators prefer to lease/purchase rather than absorb annual instrument price increases. Many schools actually save enough to offset the leasing expense!

Leasing instrument is not for everyone. For a large school with a large budget, $20,000 is not an unreasonable amount to be spent on instruments in one fiscal year. But, for a small school with a tight budget, coming up with the fund necessary to make a cash purchase might be almost impossible. In fact, leasing can actually be more economical than waiting several years to purchase the needed instruments.

What Other Costs Can I Expect?

With Conn-Selmer's lease/purchasing program, the only financial cost is the annual lease payment. No shipping charges, no administration fee, or other costs. Just one payment at the beginning of each fiscal year. The cost NOT leasing can be much higher...including the costs to your students of not having the quality instruments they need to realize their potentials.

Why Should My School Lease from Conn-Selmer?

The number of schools leasing from Conn-Selmer continues to increase. Many schools have leased from Conn-Selmer more than once, as well! The reasons are many, but most schools include these:

One Stop Leasing

Working with Conn-Selmer eliminates the hassle of working with different organizations. Your local Conn-Selmer dealer can handle all of the leasing arrangements for you - including helping you decide whether a three,

 four, or five year lease is best for your school.

One Payment Per Year

Your school will receive one payment notice each fiscal year. The first notice is sent upon complete delivery of all items on the lease. Subsequent notices are sent at the beginning of each fiscal year until the leasing period ends. There are no residual payments at the end of the lease. There are discounts available for prepayment as well.

A Wider Choice of Product

In addition to the wide range of products available from your Conn-Selmer dealer, your Conn-Selmer lease can include Manhasset music stands, the most popular school stand in America.

Flexibility

Every school band or orchestra has special circumstances. Conn-Selmer is well known for its flexibility in structuring a lease to accommodate your needs. Your lease payments can be structured to fit even the tightest of budgets over a wide range of leasing terms.

Immediate Use and Benefit of Instruments

Your music program can satisfy all of its instrument needs at one time, enabling all ensembles to afford full instrumentation.

Ownership

With lease/purchasing the school owns the instruments at the end of the leasing period.

Full Instrument Warranties and Local Service

All Conn-Selmer instruments in your leasing program will carry full instrument warranties from Conn-Selmer. Along with one of the finest warranty programs available for musical instruments, your Conn-Selmer retailer can provide proper servicing to keep your instruments in top condition.

Legal Compliance

Conn-Selmer lease documentation is designed with public schools in mind and accommodates the legal requirements for most school systems. Of course, Conn-Selmer also leases to many private and parochial schools, as well as to incorporated booster organizations.