Klarinet Archive - Posting 000646.txt from 1999/01

From: "Martin Marks" <RxReed@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Caveat emptor
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:25:02 -0500

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From: Ken Wolman <Ken.Wolman@-----.com>
Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Caveat emptor

>dannene@-----.net wrote:
>>
>> Ken,
>>
>> I love stories where the consumer wins like this! I hate to be pushed
>> around, and to know you going through all the callings and hassle
actually
>> worked for your benefit put me in a good mood! Thanks!
>
>It did give me sort of a rush. As a sidenote: the two NYC agencies I
>called answered the phone quickly, did not put me on hold, and answered
>my questions clearly and precisely. There was no hint of bureaucratic
>jive at work. While I'm not the biggest fan of Mayor Giuliani,
>something is going very right under his administration.
>
>This was not fighting City Hall, it was using City Hall to fight someone
>else.
>
>I wonder if this kind of thing would have happened years back when 48th
>Street really WAS "Music Street" and there were stores like Ponte's.
>The street is now a shadow of what it once was--maybe 1/3 of a block
>huddled down toward the 7th Avenue end--and there just isn't much left
>in the way of competition.
>
>I'm curious. There are surely some people here who were playing when
>Ponte's was still around. Was it as good as the legends suggest?
>
>Ken
>--
>Ken Wolman dbtrader Deutsche Bank, N.A.
>1251 Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10019 212-469-6494
>
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>Ken - I remember Charlie Ponte very well. I remember buying oboe reeds
from him when I was doubling on clarinet, sax and oboe at the High School of
Performing Arts. A few years later I rented a baritone sax from him when I
went on the road and needed one for a short period. I also bought my first
instruments from Sam Ash in Booklyn. This was the original store. I was
always treated well by Sam's two sons who are now running the whole show. I
was shocked when I was treated badly at his two superstores here in South
Florida. I haven't been in New York in 25 years now, but I'm sure the
situation is the same as it now is here. I make all my major purchases now
by phone at Muncy Winds, The Woodwind and the Brasswind, J.L Smith and a few
others. I get the best possible prices, I can try anything(except of
course reeds) usually for two weeks. I only use the local store such as Sam
Ash for emergency purposes like when I run out of reeds. If they only knew
how much they are losing!
Marty Marks

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