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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2007/07

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Successor to Loree??
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:14:34 -0400

From my experience, don't hold your breath for the Takeda to replace Fox or
Heckel. That is not the mission of Mr. Takeda. It is his intention to
provide a decent instrument at a low price so that the development of young
Japanese bassoonists will continue. I would think the Renard series could
accomplish that, but I don't understand the economics of Japan.
Herb

On 7/12/07 10:11 AM, "Bryan Cavitt" <heckel_lover@-----.com> wrote:

> Can we take this subject to bassoons as well?? Does every top orchestra
> have Heckels exclusively in the section, or are there now Fox (Chicago,
> Minnesota) and Yamaha?? And will Takeda be next in the mix??
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> Bryan Cavitt
> Bassoonist, Elkhart (IN) Municipal Band; Bassoon Dad
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>> From: Philip McKenzie <philclimb1@-----.com>
>> Reply-To: doublereed@-----.org
>> To: doublereed@-----.org
>> Subject: Re: [DR-L] Young ASO Principal Oboist Rejects Lor=E9e
>> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:56:02 -0700 (PDT)
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>> the end of the virtual loree monopoly is well underway. buying a seriou=
s
>> 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 s=
low
>> to come. yamaha has fought against the perception of being a mass marke=
ter
>> of the solid but uninspired instrument. the market is so thin and the
>> decision 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 th=
en
>> maybe even viet nam. 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 hec=
kel
>> 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
>> responding to highly demaning artists and successfully creating
>> alternatives with improvements to what was once the best available produ=
ct.
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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 supplo=
ied
>> 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 -----
>> From: <Oboeeee@-----.com>
>> 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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