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Re: Zinner shutting down

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2018-05-09 04:12

I'll go with the group that sees this as more of an opportunity than a crisis or disaster. Behn can adapt his rubber formulas to make a wide series of blanks; Grabner has already said that he might make his own blanks when his ample stock is depleated; McClune has Wesley Rice doing his top of the line model; Ryan Periera might be waiting in the wings to 3D print mouthpieces; Vandoren should get through this without even a tiny ruffle, as most clarinetists in North and South America, Europe, and much of Asia play them anyway; Kuckmeier will fill at least some of the gap in Germany and Austria; Babbitt might ramp up production; and Willienfitz in Hsinchu City, Taiwan said they not only can continue to make their own line of blanks and mouthpieces, they can also make Zinner style blanks and finished mouthpieces on those blanks in the very near future.

So where's the catastrophe?

Post Edited (2018-05-09 04:16)

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