Klarinet Archive - Posting 000356.txt from 1998/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: RE: [kl] Why Intermediate Horns?
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 20:12:44 -0400

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From: Kevin Fay (LCA) <kevinfay@-----.com>
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Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: RE: [kl] Why Intermediate Horns?

>An accounting of the actual manufacturing costs would show a difference of
a
>few dollars, at most. Even if the difference was as high as a hundred
>bucks--and it certainly isn't--that would not explain how the price of a
>Concerto is three times that of a Noblet 45. No way.

High quality hand work costs an employer in the Detroit area somewhere
around $60.00/hr, and I'll guess more in France due to their tax structure.
An extra 16 hours of hand work will add, therefore, close to $1000.00 to
the price of a clarinet if it were to be manufactured close to where I live.
I'm _hoping_ that some of the difference in price is due to hand finishing
(hand undercutting, intonation work, bore finishing, playability testing,
etc..)
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Mark Charette, Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
charette@-----.org

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