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Re: Eastman reeds?

Author: ThatPerfectReed  Date:   2014-03-09 20:21 Assuming you buy into the legitimacy of company glossies http://eastmanmusiccompany.com/about_page.php#history which might be taken with a grain of salt, at least in this case, when someone not named Eastman creates a music company bearing similarity in name to a certain well known music school that shall remain nameless in Rochester, NY---so as to protect its identity , having apparently not attended their either...... It would appear that, if I can surmise correctly, the company's founder, a Chinese man trained in music at BU, has made decisions to expand his company's product line, originally in stringed instruments, into the woodwind path of his training (flute). I have to assume he has money, (or is really leveraged) as he purchased the Haynes Flute Company (SAT analogy everyone: Haynes and Powell are sort of the, say, Buffet and Selmer of flutes) and integrated it with his lower end flute making company in China starting back about 10 years ago. It seems, given his ties tie China, he has, if I can make another analogy, worked with the "Rico (think high volume) Reed" maker of China to produce higher end reed products by sourcing cane from coveted French sources. Qian Ni, the man in question, expanded Haynes after buying it. I wonder if he will do the same with his reed line and be similarly successful. I wish him luck. If his reeds are successful it can only mean we clarinet players have another source to turn to for good cane. My opinions are not sourced from financial research and are neither encouragement nor discouragement to others to buy, sell, or hold equity stakes in any Qian Ni interest.

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