Klarinet Archive - Posting 000371.txt from 1999/03

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Carl Fischer No More (YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL!)
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 21:01:34 -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 think that there is an erroneous assumption here--that a repair person
needs to be in a retail music store. The guy I trust my horns to here in
Seattle has his own repair shop, and doesn't sell stuff retail--his business
is exclusively repair. My watch repairman does the same.

kjf

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