Klarinet Archive - Posting 000158.txt from 2003/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Chinese Clarinets
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 06:17:54 -0500

At 08:34 PM 1/7/2003 -0800, vwyman2 wrote:
>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!

Do not confuse bigotry with experience. If the only Chinese products
marketed here are garbage, the only logical conclusion that can be reached
is that ALL Chinese products are garbage. I must assume that the Chinese
people are thoroughly capable of producing high quality products. It is
simply that no evidence of that has yet reached these shores.

Bill Hausmann

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

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