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Author: mk
Date: 2007-01-21 21:09
since toyota has now captured 1st place in us auto sales, i want to know if clarinet manufacturing strikes their fancy...i want to buy a clarinet that runs 100,000 miles without a tune up or oil change....
Thanks for your intriguing responses....
Post Edited (2007-01-23 02:20)
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2007-01-21 21:57
And has a bland sound and hogs the fast lane going under the speed limit?
![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2007-01-22 01:02
Any you think Buffet has a lot of models . . .
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2007-01-22 08:10
or maybe Buffet will start making cars.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-01-22 09:00
FWIW Suzuki is already doing it. ![[tongue]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie6.gif)
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Ben
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Author: John Stackpole
Date: 2007-01-22 11:12
Somebody has to point out that it would have to be a hybrid:
The bell & barrel would be the finest grenadilla, the upper and lower "main" parts would be plastic.
I hesitate to guess what the keys, pads, &c., would be made of.
JDS
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-01-22 11:28
John,
my Amati C has a wooden bell & barrel and plastic joints.
my Amati Bb has wooden barrel & joints and a plastic bell.
So there. Nothing new under the sun...
(I wonder how hard-coated duraluminium keys would work)
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Ben
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-01-22 11:40
If Citroen made clarinets, would they have hydraulically driven keywork that springs a major leak at the most inopportune moment?
Here's a description of Citroen clarinets:
The TA clarinets had a one-piece body, their DS clarinets were the most radical, revolutionary and futuristic for their time, their CX clarinets would have been the best for performance (even Grace Jones played one!), the SM was too expensive for what it was and XM ones were the most unreliable, despite being very practical. By the time the C6 was released the clarinet buying public had already lost faith and stuck with conventional and conservative designs from their sister and rival companies - Peugeot and Renault.
Though the students loved the 2CV for it's economy and basic design, and the chavs all like the Saxo(phone) because it's loud and shiny with all that gold, and came with a Burberry case. Bling-bling.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2007-01-22 11:42)
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Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2007-01-22 14:29
Don't sell Toyota short, even in a joking fashion. If they turned their minds to musical instruments, they would turn out a quality product once they felt their way into the process.
Toyota has only been making vehicles for about seventy years at this point. (They started out as a textile manufacturer.) Their early cars were mostly clones of 1930's Chevrolets and Fords. However, their early trucks were well built, long wearing and powerful pieces of equipment - so much so that capturing one in working condition was considered a prize on many South Pacific islands.
They produced cheap, mass production automobiles for many years, all of which were good enough but not spectacular, until they decided to penetrate the US market. Their first imports were typical Japanese construction of the time (no better and no worse than American cars of the period, but optimized for right-hand drive and thus a bit clunky for the US market). They learned quickly from their mistakes, and now produce some of the highest quality product for the price in the world.
The same can be said of Yamaha. They started out as a musical instrument manufacturer (their logo, which many consider to be three motorcycle forks crossed, is actually three crossed tuning forks), moved into small engines, motorcycles and electronic gear over the years, and now produce quality items in all of these areas. You may have a preference, but a pro-level Yamaha professional instrument stands up pretty well to those produced by all of the other makers. The difference is that Yamaha also makes some pretty good motor vehicles - anybody drive a Selmer bike lately?
Japanese manufacturing is a bit different than the corresponding operations in Europe or the US of A. We started out at the craft level and later consolidated into conglomerates. The Japanese passed all of that by in the 1700 and 1800 period, and started out the modern age with conglomerate controlling most of the capital and means of production. In effect, they often diversify downwards.
leader of Houston's Sounds Of The South Dance Orchestra
info@sotsdo.com
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-01-22 14:45
I do like the current Toyota Celica - if I was to buy a new car I'd go for a Celica.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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