Klarinet Archive - Posting 000388.txt from 1999/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Carl Fischer No More (YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL!)
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 00:02:11 -0500

At 06:01 PM 3/5/99 -0800, Kevin Fay wrote:
>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.
>
Sure, you can do that, but the overhead will be higher, and the prices will
naturally reflect that. The symbiotic relationship between repair shop and
retail store, each bringing the other business, helps keep both afloat.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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