Between October 18 and 23, 176 prices went up at Thomann, against 385 that went down. Guitars and basses had the most rises (48), then drums (26), PA gear and wind instruments (25 each) and microphones (21). Most were small. These are the ones that matter if you were about to buy.
Kala: the cheapest ukuleles more than doubled
| Ukulele | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Kala KA-20S soprano | €33 | €79 |
| Kala KA-15S soprano, black | €49 | €99 |
| Kala KA-S soprano | €59 | €119 |
| Kala KA-15C concert | €65 | €119 |
The old prices were unusually low for these models, so this looks like the end of a clearance rather than a hike. For a sub-$100 ukulele now, see best soprano ukuleles.
Roland FP-30X: up 12%
Roland FP-30X, $759
One of the most popular portable digital pianos went from €604 to €678, and its bundles with stand, bag or case rose 8 to 10%. The same week, Yamaha's YDP-166 Arius got 7% cheaper. #6 of 25 compact digital pianos.
Squier basses: 7 to 9%
- Affinity Active Jazz Bass: €274 to €299, up 9%.
- Affinity Precision Bass PJ: €259 to €279, up 8%.
- Sonic Bronco short-scale: €178 to €192, up 8%.
Squier Affinity Precision Bass PJ, $312
Still one of the cheapest ways into a real P-bass, just $22 dearer than last week. #6 of 88 4-String P-Basses.
Cymbals, mixers and brass
- Zildjian raised 12 prices by about 4%. The 20" A Custom Ride went from €419 to €449, the 14" K Custom Special Dry hi-hats from €669 to €699.
- Allen & Heath's Qu digital mixers rose about 7%: the QU-6D from €2,779 to €2,998. Its AR84 stage box jumped 19%, from €799 to €949.
- Schagerl moved 25 brass instruments up by a median 4.5%; the TR-600S trumpet rose 13%, from €1,149 to €1,298.
- Schoeps raised 14 microphone prices, the CMC 6 and MK 41 stereo set by 10%.
And a few single jumps
The Pigtronix Gatekeeper Micro noise gate went from €59 to €89, Heritage's H-150 Custom Core from €3,699 to €4,799, the DW 3000A bass drum pedal from €125 to €155 and Fender's CP-60S parlor acoustic from €190 to €219.
Questions
Will these prices come back down?
Some might: a rise after a long quiet stretch can be the end of a promotion. Our weekly price drops only list a cut when the old price held for two weeks, so a quick bounce back won't show up there as a deal.
How we measured. Euro prices from Thomann's partner feed, recorded every night. We compared each product's price on October 18 and October 23, 2026, for products in stock on October 23; changes under 0.5% count as unchanged. Cards show today's price and rank.
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Denis Kataev runs AudioFu. Every night the site records the prices of more than 38,000 instruments and studio tools at Thomann, and he writes about what those numbers show: what got cheaper, what just arrived, and which discounts are real.
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