Klarinet Archive - Posting 000153.txt from 2003/01

From: "stephanie schmitz" <stefschmitz@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Chinese Clarinets
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 01:04:44 -0500

Yes, I too have noticed an air of scorn over the "Chinese Clarinet" issue.
It's such a surprise to see such prejudice undertones still present in such
an increasingly global society.
So the product ain't the greatest. Can we drop it already?

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From: "vic wyman" <wymanvic@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] RE: Chinese Clarinets

> The bigotry expressed on this thread over the past few days is apalling
and
> painful. Importers, wholesalers and dealers are under constant pressure to
> shave prices. Parents and schools look for low prices and are unable to
> relate price to quality. It is no surprise that the US market is crammed
> with poor quality Chinese horns. If you look in an open market place like
> Hong Kong, in music stores and a few of the larger 'mainland' department
> stores, you can find a range of middle to high quality clarinets from
China.
> Chinese consumer products are on the 'up' escalator with ever increasing
> quality. After five years living in Hong Kong, I can confirm that China
> made toilet paper never once scratched!
> Victor
> At 10:10 PM 1/7/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >At 03:21 PM 1/7/2003 -0800, Avi Rostov wrote:
> >>Worse than having the parents feel foolish is having the parents not
realize
> >>how foolish they are and sending their child off to school with a horn
that
> >>doesn't work. Those kids think they can't do what all the other
children
> >>sitting around them in beginning band can do. So, they quit and spend
the
> >>rest of their lives with the gift of music replaced by the feeling that
they
> >>are inadequate.
> >
> >I think the vast majority of the kids who quit band do so for just that
> >reason. They really do not know enough (and unfortunately, often the
band
> >director does not, either) to realize that there is something wrong with
> >their instrument, which can be the case even in good quality instruments,
> >especially used ones.. The deficiencies are often glaring enough on the
> >Chinese horns that they DO get brought in for repair, and that's when we
> >have to give them the bad news.
> >
> >
> >Bill Hausmann
> >
> >If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
> >
> >
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