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Re: CITES (from International Clarinet Assn.)

Author: Kalashnikirby
Date: 2017-10-04 20:17

Thank you very much for this article and your thoughts on it. To be sure, clarinet makers in Germany have already started lamenting the many problems (or at least restrictions) the CITES act is creates or is going to. A while back, I've heard an interview with one of the more esteemed clarinet makers here and he was highly concerned - so am I.

However, I'd implore that there is a large amount of wood instruments being build now, and more so in the future, that are but a waste of precious materials. Maybe, just maybe that'll force manufacturers to reconsider their production process and research more for alternative materials. I'd like to see our instruments being developed further, if there is any such possibility and basically don't care about grenadilla wood - I'm only afraid that it'll remain the best material for a long time.

But nevermind these considerations. I've already heard from my our former conductor and violinist how airlines tend to make transporting an instrument harder and harder. It seems there is a growing carelessness (or ignorance) for our cultural ritches and inheritance. The very same legislators and politicians, I imagine, completely forget about car manufacturers building the same crap for centuries (yeah, our little diesel problem is not going to be adressed by anything other than a "software update"), and new, fancy materials like carbon being about 0% recycable, yet it's pushed everywhere right now.
If something isn't "sustainable", doesn't create lots of employment or makes our industry more "competitve", it's not worth wasting one's time on. So why teach your children an instrument, when you can teach your children 2 new languages for better chances of sucess in their later working life?

Best regards
Christian Ledwig

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