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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000036.txt from 2004/08

From: Jennifer Ownby <jenniferlownby@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Assimilated by the Borg?
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 19:38:14 -0400


In our neck of the woods, repairmen won't even work on
them for this reason. We're doing our best to educate
people to stay away from these instruments at the
store that I manage. I can't believe that these
instruments are being picked up by so many big box
retailers...it's really shocking.

Jennifer

--- Miriam Williams <mwquacker@-----.net> wrote:

> Unfortunately for repair tech's, the unwitting
> purchasers of these inferior
> instruments will then blame the repair person for
> not being able to make it
> work again when a key does get bent as is bound to
> happen; you can't make a
> silk purse out of a sow's ear.
>
> Hey, I enjoyed the Star Trek references, Bear. : )
>
> Miriam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rhondda May" <rmay@-----.com>
> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 8:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] Assimilated by the Borg?
>
>
> > In my 13 years in Hong Kong, I've run into a
> number of Chinese-made
> > oboes; and I think you're probably right about
> just staring at the
> > keywork until it bends!
> > Ideal for lamps.
> > rhondda
> >
>
>
>
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