Klarinet Archive - Posting 000120.txt from 2003/01

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Kegelstadt (Was Clarinet in Movies)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:46:28 -0500

A few "western" consultants are buying clarinets from China and selling them
in the U.S. market....they are junk.

Forest Aten

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Gresham" <mgresham@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Kegelstadt (Was Clarinet in Movies)

>
> 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/
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