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Re: New Morrie Backun Leblanc Clarinet

Author: Cosmicjello
Date: 2006-08-10 08:40

I was in the music retail industry not to long ago and we were told by Conn-Selmer, Buffet, Jupiter and Yamaha that the increase in price was primarily due to the decreasing numbers of mpingo (african blackwood), however, they also have to cover production costs, research and development and marketing.

The actual dealers can sell the instruments for whatever cost they want, as long as it's not below the manufacturers suggested retail price. So, depending on the instrument, we were paying 1/2 to 2/3rds of the selling price. Dealers have costs too you know.

But I've seen manufacturers that have literal warehouses of mpingo, so I wasn't convinced with the whole "we're out of wood" excuse. However, that's a possibility.

What I'm interested in is, how does this affect Morrie's own clarinet production. Or his recent relationship with Ricardo Morales, since he isn't endorsing anyone yet. (I just checked yamaha, selmer, leblanc and buffet).

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