Klarinet Archive - Posting 000998.txt from 1999/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:39:52 -0400

At 06:49 AM 5/20/99 EDT, CEField wrote:
>Bill, it's too bad your boss had to make this decision. Maybe you can
>convince him (or her) to compete on "value" instead of price. That could
mean
>selling the Buffets for a reasonable markup but offering free "adjustments"
>for 6 months or a year or whatever. In other words, give the customer the
>hand-holding that mail order catalogs cannot do. Or sell the clarinets at
>cost but bundle the clarinet with a choice of higher-end mouthpieces, case
>covers, or whatever. Using Buffet clarinets as "loss leaders" kinda bothers
>me, too, but your boss might be shooting himself in the foot by not offering
>Buffet clarinets to your customers at all.
>
He probably also figured that, at the rate professional-grade clarinets are
sold in this area, it was not worth the hassle. We did more business with
the E-11's, but it still wasn't that much, even with rentals. Since there
ARE other fish in the sea...

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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