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Re: My Ridenour Hard Rubber Clarinet

Author: TomS
Date: 2014-04-20 08:02

Ted:

I guess Ford wouldn't want to build Cadillacs for GM if it hurt sales of Lincolns.

And that's true about depending on machines for the finest details. As far as CNC machining, I'd say "trust but verify" ... tooling wears out, machines hiccup and human operators make mistakes as well. Humans have to check the machines, that check the machines, that check the machines ...

Remember, the prime mirror(s) for the Hubble telescope was precisely ground by machines, except a human made a mistake which caused inaccuracy. Apparently the mirror wasn't or couldn't be properly checked after grinding and coating. We had to fly another mission to add some optical correction ... after viewing the horror of a billion dollar screw up.

I still have hope we will see an RCP clarinet, totally made in Texas (or even in Little Rock, Arkansas ... Cool!) Optimism or naivety? Of course, the way things could go someday, Texas might disqualify for using the label "Made in the USA" on it's products!

Tom

Post Edited (2014-04-20 09:18)

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