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Re: Made in China "Buffet:

Author: Tony M
Date: 2011-03-02 12:59

I apologise for the clumsiness of my earlier post. I accept the fact, in fact, I totally agree with the fact that an electric guitar is easier to make than a clarinet. But in putting the example forward of a copy that was an excellent instrument, I wanted to question the idea of a fake a little bit. If that didn't come over then I'm sorry.

But I'm still troubled by the issue at hand. I'll discount the fact that the Chinese have been making reed instruments for much longer than those French newbies. I don't think that that is relevant. I'm sure that someone will point out that we are talking about clarinets and not any old reed instrument. So if I focus on the clarinet, I can say without irony that I have come across so much useful information on this site that I would never hesitate to recommend it to anyone who took an interest in the instrument. But one of the consistent bits of advice that gets offered here is that one shouldn't buy a clarinet without trying it. One of the regular concerns is the need to have even brand new clarinets passed by qualified technicians. Both those things suggest that one shouldn't trust brand or reputation. And if a brand or reputation cannot be trusted then what is the status of the fake. Is there any value in thinking in fakes and trusted brands when the trusted brands are not trusted? Isn't one consistent message that comes over on this forum (and I'm not suggesting that the forum has a single or uniform message) that each clarinet should be taken on its own merits?

I know that the people who make the fake Buffets don't think like this but their primary concern is making money not music. From the perspective of making music, do fakes exist or are there just good and bad instruments, or maybe even just instruments that are played well or played badly? Sorry to get philosophical on you but I should be stripping a wall of wallpaper right now and that always sends me this way.

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