Klarinet Archive - Posting 000649.txt from 1999/02

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] post-factory adjustment
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:53:37 -0500

> HatNYC62@-----.com wrote:

> > This is just nonesense. Professional clarinets ARE cheap. VERY CHEAP.
Compared
> > to a handmade flute for $6,000+ (for which you may have to wait several
years)
> > or a $12,000+ bassoon, we have a great deal.

Shhh! Quiet! Manufacturers are probably reading this thread right now and
saying to themselves, "Aha! We thought we were gouging these guys, but they
think clarinets are cheap! Obviously they can afford a lot more. So we can
get away with raising our prices a few thousand...."

Cheapskate's Survival Guide: We should just shut up about what bargains
clarinets are. Instead, we should start moaning and whining about how the
instruments are so expensive that we have to wrap the sections in old towels
and carry them around in duffle bags because we can't afford cases. Instead
of talking about giving half our reeds the wall test, we should say we have to
play them all until they split, because we can't afford new ones. And we
should say shoelace ligatures are lots, lots better than those expensive ones.

Lelia
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"Reality is a Crutch for People Who Can't Handle Science Fiction."
--bumper sticker sold at science fiction conventions
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