Klarinet Archive - Posting 000449.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] fire at LeBlanc factory
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 09:16:28 -0500

At 03:35 AM 2/16/2003 -0800, Kelly Abraham wrote:
>Maybe it is "assembled in Kenosha"? If it was made in France, I
>would assume it would be MUCH more cost effective and a better
>product would result from an instrument that big being shipped
>in parts and assembled here instead of assembled in France, and
>then having to be overhauled to an extent AGAIN once it got here
>anyway. People costs are the majority of the cost of an
>instrument anyway.
>
>Don't get me wrong...don't quote me on where it is assembled. I
>have no idea where they assemble it...was just putting out an
>idea here..."MADE" in France could still be "ASSEMBLED" in the
>USA.

My Yamaha YTS-52 tenor sax has parts made in Japan but was assembled in
Grand Rapids. It is considered "made" in USA. As they list the metal
contras on the website, they consider them to be Leblanc FRANCE. Besides,
I don't believe the overhaul after shipment would be at all
necessary. Note that they do make a PLASTIC contrabass under the Vito name
in the U.S. That might be causing some of the confusion.

Bill Hausmann

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

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