Klarinet Archive - Posting 000162.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Greenline
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 03:48:40 -0400

That's interesting!
If it's really that cheap, how come the supply is supposed to be
endangered? Perhaps some development economist of standing should have a
few quiet words on this with the governments of (e.g.) Tanzania and
Mozambique. Is there a black market?
Roger Shilcock

On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Brian Ackerman wrote:

> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 00:42:03 +0100
> From: Brian Ackerman <ackerman@-----.uk>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet <klarinet@-----.us>
> Subject: Re: Greenline
>
> I don't quite see how instrument makers profits will soar. Material costs
> are only a small percentage of the manufacturing costs. Greenline clarinets
> are just as expensive for Buffet to make, as they go through exactly the
> same process as the wooden ones. Grenadilla is in any case very cheap in
> bulk, a clarinet joint size costs me about $12, and I don't buy in bulk!
> I suppose Buffet might save a bit by not having to replace as many cracked
> clarinets though.
> Brian Ackerman.
>
> ----------
> > From: Roger Shilcock
> <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
> > To: klarinet@-----.us
> > Subject: Re: Greenline
> > Date: 03 September 1997 16:27
> >
> > Quite.
> > Presumably the real revolution will only come when *no* clarinets (or
> > oboes) are turned out of wood (especially blackwood/mpingo), but instead
> > are all made out of dust- or chip-rich composite - a sort of musical
> > chipboard. There will then be a sharp fall in the price of mpingo wood;
> > naturally, fewer people will want to grow or nurture or whatever it, and
> > the profits of the instrument makers will soar into the exosphere.....
> > Roger Shilcock
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Sep 1997 Jrykorten@-----.com wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 10:28:36 -0400 (EDT)
> > > From: Jrykorten@-----.com
> > > Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> > > To: klarinet@-----.us
> > > Subject: Re: Greenline
> > >
> > > In a message dated 97-09-03 00:37:28 EDT, you write:
> > >
> > > <<
> > > Peter,
> > > I apologize for answering so "late" (I'm REALLY behind on my
> > > e-mail!)!
> > > My understanding was that the Greenline was developed from
> environmental
> > > concerns, NOT as an improved crack-resistant instrument. The idea was
> to
> > > make a "quality" clarinet out of wood that would normally be
> discarded,
> > > thereby saving trees.
> > > - -Scott
> > >
> > >
> > > Scott D. Morrow
> > > Department of Biochemistry
> > > School of Hygiene and Public Health
> > > Johns Hopkins University
> > > (410) 955-3631
> > >
> > > SDM@-----.edu
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > You guys are dreaming if you think this model has anything to do with
> > > anything but maximizing resources - the dust on the floor. Think about
> the
> > > quantity of wood that has to be whittled away to make a tube. Then
> think
> > > about what they pay for the wood. Then think what any right thinking
> business
> > > person would do under those circumstances.
> > >
> > > I find the environmental thing to be a bit disingenuous. True by
> definition
> > > but not by motivation.
> > >
> > > Jerry Korten
> > > NYC
> > >
>

   
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