[Trombone-l] End of the Music world is coming

[Jason Smith]

I dont know that the more  demanding "professionals"
will suffer from the low quality but it could effect
the next generations of instrumentalist coming through
school now. 

--- thetubameister at adelphia.net wrote:

> Low wages in an isolated economy don't necessarily
> mean poor quality.  It is poor training at a
> start-up assembly with crud materials that does
> that.  I'm sure there are poor artists who make
> quality stuff - it's just not as profitable for a US
> company to pay for that over the even cheeper stuff.
> 
> As to Nixon, well, we're just gonna have to adapt -
> we can't undo without damaging the people more than
> the government.  Only the people there can change
> their government and thereby bring their economy
> into balance with the rest of the world.
> 
> J.c.S.
> ---- Paul Kemp <trbnplyr at bellsouth.net> wrote: 
> > Walmart and Target have definitely made a dent in
> the musical retail
> > business, and they way that they have done it is
> several fold:
> > 
> > 1) Walmart does 12 billion dollars of business a
> year with Communist China.
> > Results: 
> > 
> > Products that used to be made in the U.S. can be
> produced in China for a
> > fraction of the price because the average wage of
> the Chinese worker is 61
> > cents an hour.
> > 
> > As a result, quality control goes down the drain.
> > 
> > Incidentally, that is EXACTLY what the strike in
> Elkhart at the Conn-Selmer
> > factory is all about. They thought that they could
> save a bunch of money by
> > having the Chinese make the student line
> instruments. When the first order
> > was completed, shipped back here and inspected, it
> was little more than
> > SCRAP. Conn-Selmer unloaded the entire shipment on
> Taylor Music in South
> > Dakota at a tremendous loss.
> > 
> > How quickly we forget how badly Communism affected
> Russia. Richard Nixon
> > sold us down the river in 1972 in having dealings
> with China. There is a
> > conspiracy for a one world government, and it is
> happening right underneath
> > our noses, and little we can do to stop it.
> > 
> > Paul Kemp  
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu
> > [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu]
> On Behalf Of Jason Smith
> > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 2:04 PM
> > To: bone list
> > Subject: [Trombone-l] End of the Music world is
> coming
> > 
> > I don't know if anybody else is aware of this
> story or
> > if anybody really cares.  Their demise can be
> > attributed to the earlier jury settlement.  Word
> of
> > caution, be cautious about what you say about
> > instruments brands and quality it could come back
> and
> > bite you big brother is watching.
> > 
> > Jason
> > oops! forgot the link.
> >
>
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/071506dnbusbrookmays
> > .179db4b.html
> > 
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