Klarinet Archive - Posting 000303.txt from 2002/03

From: "Steve White" <shwhite2@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Boosey and Hawkes
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:02:45 -0500

Unless of course you are a qualified musician with an MBA...

Steve White BMus Northern Arizona University, MBA National University

<just for grins>

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.net]
Subject: Re: [kl] Boosey and Hawkes

At 11:35 AM 3/15/2002 -0400, Ed Maurey wrote:
>It looks like we can safely look forward to a sharp decline in the quality
>Buffet clarinets. Magavox once owned Selmer. The results were
disasterous.

CBS owned Fender guitars for a while too with similar results. When
bean-counters instead of musicians run instrument companies, the bottom
line takes precedence over quality -- for a while. When the drop in
quality starts to AFFECT the bottom line they begin to take
notice. Similar cyclical behavior has been noted in other industries, eg.
automobiles. Putting a bunch of MBA's in charge has wrecked a LOT of
companies!

Bill Hausmann
MBA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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