Klarinet Archive - Posting 000360.txt from 1999/03

From: DHmorgan@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Carl Fischer No More (YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL!)
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 19:28:04 -0500

In a message dated 3/4/99 5:00:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, bhausman@-----.com
writes:

<< Sure, if you have a willing amateur nearby it can be useful, but not
everyone has one available. And not everyone has the mechanical aptitude
to do it themselves. If quick fixes were all that was needed, what would
Brannen, etc., do for a living? >>

I'm not making the argument that decentralization leads to amateurism. I'm
saying that where there is a demand a supply will be created.
Instrumentalists need professional repair people. Short term, as retailers
are undercut by wholesalers and die out, their 'repair' facilities will die
with them. But hopefully the demand will be met in some other way. We just
get to be the lucky ones living through the frustrating and messy transition.

Truly,
Don

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