Klarinet Archive - Posting 000035.txt from 2006/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] advice needed
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:23:43 -0400

At 01:27 PM 8/1/2006 -0400, Walter Grabner wrote:
>The cheapest price I could find on a Powell flute was about $3400. A Loree
>Oboe costs around $4000. We all know what bassoons cost.
>Why should we expect a quality professional level clarinet to sell below
>$2000?
>
>There have been many, many posts on here decrying the lack of quality and
>finishing on new clarinets. We all know that quality and "the lowest
>price" are
>seldom compatible.

But, as you know, that has nothing at all to do with retail price. If
Buffet must raise its production costs, and this its prices to dealers in
order to achieve better quality, let them do so. The retail market prices
will rise by roughly the same amount. To arbitrarily raise the retail
price while doing NOTHING to change production costs or wholesale price
theoretically helps the small dealer compete, but gives the customer
NOTHING for the extra money.

Bill Hausmann

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

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