Hi Anne, and anyone else still reading posts with "temperaments" in the subject. At 09:19 PM 1/31/98 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi all, >> >>She is quite capable of speaking for herself, and surely will, but here's >>what I thing both Anne and James are talking about. >> > Well, I'm not sure if that is a compliment or commentary, Both! They aren't mutually exclusive, you know. >or perhaps >I'm becoming too predictable? > Sure caught me off guard with that one. %-) > >Still there is always a market for the fine instrument, for the fine >movie, the fine literature, and fine conversation. Don't despair that >it will all go the way of McDonalds and Disney. > >ab > No, it won't ALL go. It seems like the smaller organizations have the better chance of producing quality goods. As a producer of anything expands production capacity, the product must be tailored to fit the broadest possible "consumer tastes" (oxymoron) or they won't be able to generate the sales volume to meet the overhead (I.E. stock dividends). The smaller business can, theoretically, do it right enough to narrow it's market to the point that it CAN'T expand without shooting itself in the foot. Problem is, how do the folk who truly care about a given product find the probably small and obscure manufacturer who can make one to meet their standards? I'm always reading about some small producer of a high quality, or innovative product being "discovered" by the entire population of the planet (courtesy of the media) and becoming FILTHY rich over the next couple of years as he rides the momentum, trimming the quality and raising the price as he goes. People will buy a name long after the quality is gone just to say they have one. It's like an observation my father made many years ago - A dog would eat a toad if it thought something else wanted it. I'm spewing again, sorry about that. I'll go away now. G'day all. > > > >Anne Beetem >Harpsichords & Historic Pianos >2070 Bingham Ct. >Reston, VA 20191 >abeetem@wizard.net > > Ron Nossaman
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