Should you buy or rent musical instruments?

Consider buying if ...<br> <br> - Your child has played and enjoyed the same instrument for a while. "It often takes at least a year to tell if a child will stick with an instrument," says Kenny O'Brien, president of Music and Arts, in Frederick, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100600000000" title="Maryland" href="/topic/us/maryland-PLGEO100100600000000.topic">Maryland</a>, the nation's largest school-music rental company.<br> <br> - There's a budding Ringo in the house. Full drum kits are not usually available for rent.
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( Sun Sentinel/Andres Gonzalez / December 17, 2004 )

Consider buying if ...

- Your child has played and enjoyed the same instrument for a while. "It often takes at least a year to tell if a child will stick with an instrument," says Kenny O'Brien, president of Music and Arts, in Frederick, Maryland, the nation's largest school-music rental company.

- There's a budding Ringo in the house. Full drum kits are not usually available for rent.

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