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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000044.txt from 2007/07

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Young ASO Principal Oboist Rejects
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:10:34 -0400

An axiom in the world of business is that excessive profit breeds ruinous
competition. I don't think Heckel is quite there yet, as the wait is four
years and they are certainly not cheap. The perception of Yamaha may be ver=
y
accurate - they may be fine for the majority, but the distinct minority wil=
l
need something just a tiny bit better. Not everyone needs a Lexus, and they
are satisfied with the Camry. So many BMW owners will never ever use the
performance they have paid so dearly to obtain.
Herb

On 7/12/07 9:56 AM, "Philip McKenzie" <philclimb1@-----.com> wrote:

> the end of the virtual loree monopoly is well underway. buying a serious
> instrument is largely teacher influenced. even with a crack in the damn =
from
> covey and laubin and others for a generation, the change has been slow to
> come. yamaha has fought against the perception of being a mass marketer =
of
> the solid but uninspired instrument. the market is so thin and the decis=
ion
> process so arcane. that's why it has taken so long. the monopoly-esque
> situation in america will break down and the best of instruments will be
> manufactured in china and then maybe malaysia and then maybe even viet na=
m.
> and the price will drop. the recent discussion of bassoon manufacturer
> quality seems to indicate that the instrument is further down this road.
> perhaps its because the egregious prices of heckel beg for competitors.
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> i would quibble with harold on a small point that these competitors are
> creating mere copies. i'd say that artisans outside of france are respon=
ding
> to highly demaning artists and successfully creating alternatives with
> improvements to what was once the best available product.
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> Philip McKenzie
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: HAROLD <harold@-----.br>
> To: doublereed@-----.org
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:04:57 AM
> Subject: [DR-L] Young ASO Principal Oboist Rejects Lor=E9e
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> Is this the beginning of the end for our French "friends"who have supploi=
ed
> us with fine oboes for so many years?Copies of their products being made =
in
> Japan ...and eventually China to invade the USand the rest of the world?
> That's progress!!!
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] Young ASO Principal Oboist Rejects Lor=E9e
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>> Dear List,
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>> Here is the link...
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>> http://www.fromthetop.org/Files/110503-8.ram
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>> Unfortunately, I don't have the link now but there is a sample somewher=
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>> in
>> RealAudio format. Someone on another forum posted it and commented tha=
t
>> she
>> was 17 yrs old at that time and already sounded like a pro then. I'm
>> sure
>> if you search around you can find it.
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