Klarinet Archive - Posting 000148.txt from 2008/07

From: "Peter Gentry" <peter.gentry@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Conn-Selmer Relocates
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:24:12 -0400

Does that mean you wish to be regarded as a Fe? (implied smiley)

regards
Peter Gentry

-----Original Message-----
From: Lelia Loban [mailto:lelialoban@-----.net]
Sent: 31 July 2008 14:12
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Conn-Selmer Relocates

Jim Lytthans wrote,
>>>Ah, the next move will be complete manufacture in China, with all sales
through Wal-Mart.
>>>

That's what I'm afraid of, too. It seems a shame to close down the Elkhart
plants, with their long, respected history. End of an era.

In response to overly-broad generalizations about the quality of
American-made musical instruments, Kevin Fay wrote,
>Perhaps I am missing something. IMHO, it's not the nationality of the
craftsperson that counts as much as the craftspersonship.
>

Yes. My C. G. Conn saxophones from the 1920s are first-rate instruments.
(Too bad a first-rate musician isn't playing them, but--well, too bad. Not
for sale! Pry them from my cold dead fingers, etc. etc..)

David replied,
>>Craftspersonship? C'mon. Don't you think we are taking this politically
>>correct thing a bit too far?
>>
>>I don't want to offend anyone any more than the next guy.... but using
>>"craftspersonship" is just getting silly.
>>

Guess you haven't talked with many women in traditionally male jobs lately,
David. I appreciate the thoughtfulness when people don't call me a man.
I'm a retired stained glass designer-builder (a job that called for me to
spend about ten percent of my time doing the artwork and about ninety
percent of my time doing the construction work, including hard-hat jobs). I

use the term "crafter" because it's shorter than "craftsperson," but I don't

understand why anybody finds a polite, gender-neutral term such as
"craftsperson" objectionable--let alone objectionable enough to be worthy of

criticism.

Lelia Loban
http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/Lelia_Loban
Obama in 2008.

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