Klarinet Archive - Posting 000266.txt from 2000/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] clarinet repair books
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:01:52 -0500

At 07:00 PM 3/7/2000 -0500, Bryan Cholfin wrote:
>I didn't mean to imply there are _no books at all_ on the subject--I know
>there are, I've seen them. I was mainly answering the question of why there
>are so many _more_ books on guitar and piano. Also, note that these books
>being mentioned are a) about more than one instrument and b) mainly being
>published by smaller, niche publishers targeting specific markets. I've got
>nothing against niche publishing, having done it myself, but I'd be willing
>to bet I couldn't get any such book past the financial whizzes where I work.
>
It must be simply supply and demand. Even the Brand book, properly refered
to in an earlier post as the Bible of instrument repair, was out of print
for a while. If demand was hot, that never would have happened. The
Klarinet List community is clearly NOT representative of clarinetists in
general, yet even among us you would sell only a handful of books. The
vast majority of players are simply not interested in doing their own
repairs, or recognize their own limitations and don't attempt it. With a
potential market that small, major publishers will not be interested in
such a book.

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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