Author: LostConn
Date: 2023-07-14 06:33
Paul Aviles wrote:
> Somehow I don't seem to have a problem with that number.
. . .
> A friend once said, "We live in a Buffet world," and I don't
> have any reason to doubt that. I'd say just go up to the
> players in your local orchestra or show pit and ask them what
> they play. There are some notable exceptions, but for the most
> part you'll hear that the answer is Buffet.
If someone had told me, "Buffet actually sells more pro clarinets than all other makes combined," I would have been very impressed, but not stupefied. 51 percent of a market, or more, is serious domination. But saying that Buffet sells almost SIX TIMES as many pro clarinets as all other brands combined is just jaw-dropping. That kind of market share is really, really hard to achieve, especially with an artisanal product that doesn't involve true network effects and therefore has little tendency toward a "natural monopoly."
As someone who plays saxophone as well, I would bet my house that no saxophone maker comes anywhere close to this kind of total control of its market. In fact, I doubt that this type of monopoly exists in the market for any other major musical instrument in the contemporary world.
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