Klarinet Archive - Posting 000450.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] fire at LeBlanc factory
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 09:29:26 -0500

At 04:14 AM 2/16/2003 -0800, Kelly Abraham wrote:
>...Is there somewhere we can go with suggestions to the new company
>to tell them what we, as musicians, NEED from Buffet (and want)?
>This might shape the company for the better, since we are the
>consumers. We could get them started in the right way so we
>would feel BETTER about the products and procedures, and they
>could feel better knowing that their newly acquired company will
>keep it's comsumers coming back....

We must hope that the investors realized that the most valuable thing they
bought when they acquired the company is the REPUTATION, known in the
business world as "good will." If they squander that by reducing product
quality, they will lose their money. That's what happened to Conn back in
the 60's. Actually, it happens quite often, because Harvard MBA's do not
always understand that short-term bottom line gains are NOT the most
important thing, ESPECIALLY when you are dealing with artist-level products.

Bill Hausmann

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

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