Klarinet Archive - Posting 000813.txt from 1999/02

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece Thread
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:49:56 -0500

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
>There simply is no need to pay $170 for something that costs someone
>less than $40 to make and takes less than 30 minutes from start to
finish.

If the economics support charging $170.00 a mouthpiece, then that's what
gets charged. If the consumer feels that the price is too high for the
quality or performance, then the consumer won't purchase the product.
Mouthpieces are far from a monopoly - so we _do_ have a choice!

If Roger and other makers want to change the current economics, that's
fair (and, in fact, Roger _is_ attempting to change the economics by
selling a rubber mouthpiece for a significantly lower price. Dave Hite &
Clark Fobes both sell excellent mouthpieces for a bit less, but they're
plastic blanks.). Time will tell whether or not Roger's mouthpieces
succeed.

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Mark Charette@-----.org/clarinet
"Cards by Aimee", http://www.sneezy.org/Aimee
"The phenomenon is too variable for proper study" often
translates from "I don't know how to get musicians to do
anything twice the same" - A. H. Benade

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