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Re: Backun mouthpieces vs. others

Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2007-07-27 18:17

Thank you Gregory for the insight. It is still amazing to me that with similar starting material - Zinner blanks - that mouthpiece artisans can produce and customize many different styles and flavors of mouthpieces. The diversity in successful maker's products only indicates to me the diversity in requirements of different players for their "best" mouthpiece. Price then does not dictate the end result since starting material cost is similar for all makers and player perceived value of the product is all important.

Exceptions are of course a different starting material - i.e. Bradford Behn Vintage, or the blanks made from custom cores by Babbitt in which there is a built in cost of materials or amortization of core setup. Different methods of customization e.g. hand versus machine also would come into play as well as the intangible costs of R&D, overhead, advertising, etc.
L. Omar Henderson
www.doctorsprod.com

Post Edited (2007-07-27 18:21)

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