Klarinet Archive - Posting 000119.txt from 2003/01

From: Mark Gresham <mgresham@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Kegelstadt (Was Clarinet in Movies)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:29:32 -0500

LeliaLoban@-----.com wrote:
> Bill Hausmann wrote,
>
>>I could go for a game with 10 Chinese-made garbage
>>clarinets used as pins...
>
> ...and live hand grenades for bowling balls?

Just curious,
Are there any inklings of improvements in Chinese made clarinets?
I ask because in pianos, everything used to be garbage, but things
are changing. My understabnding is there are 4 piano manufacturing
facilities in mainland China, 2 produce junk, and 2 produce adequate
pianos due to investments, materials and production standards brought in
by experienced European and North American firms. None of these are
either "middle" or "upper tier" products, but are beating out (in
quality) some well-known brands from elsewhere in east Asia.
Are any "western" clarinet manufacturers (the word used to
distinguish assembly line products from the best instruments) investing
to produce any better "beginner" instruments in China than at the
"garbage" level?

--
Mark Gresham, composer
mgresham@-----.com/
Lux Nova Press http://www.luxnova.com/
LNP Retail Webstore http://www.luxnova.com/lnpwebstore/

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