[Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-04 Thread Michael Enright
Finally a topic for a Hong Kong-based business school professor. Quality brass instruments will come out of China when either a Chinese producer hires international experts to design the instruments, set up production, and run the factory, or international experts invest in facilities and the

Re: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-04 Thread brassartsunlim
Message- From: John Baumgart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Horn List' horn@music.memphis.edu Sent: Sat, 3 May 2008 11:56 am Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments No kidding. Also, I fail to see how facts can be bigoted. There is a difference between inexpensive stencil products

RE: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-03 Thread John Baumgart
, May 02, 2008 8:48 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments What a hoot! No offense intended then the comment about such a viiew being bigotted. On 5/2/08, Jeremy Cucco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John- No offense intended, but that is a rather myopic view on the subject

RE: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-02 Thread John Baumgart
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Warner Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 3:40 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments On 1 May 2008, at 11:20 pm, John Baumgart wrote: Speaking of Chinese made horns, Kit wrote: A couple of years

RE: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-02 Thread Steve Freides
-Original Message- From: John Baumgart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 6:42 PM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments For the record, I'm not optimistic about this situation. That was someone else. Yes, Chinese manufacturers may

RE: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-02 Thread Jeremy Cucco
to many Western websites, he wasn't aware that he was creating a fraud copy. Just some food for thought. Cheers, Jeremy -Original Message- From: John Baumgart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Horn List' horn@music.memphis.edu Sent: 5/2/08 6:41 PM Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

Re: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-02 Thread David Lamb
There are some very good violins being made in China these days. Nothing to compete with the Cremona masters, of course, but very respectable instruments that are hand made by master craftsmen. The best of them are not marketed as anything they are not. My guess is that Chinese horn

Re: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-02 Thread Carlberg Jones
At 5:56 PM -0700 5/2/08, David Lamb wrote: There are some very good violins being made in China these days. Nothing to compete with the Cremona masters, of course, but very respectable instruments that are hand made by master craftsmen. The best of them are not marketed as anything they

Re: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-02 Thread William Gross
- From: John Baumgart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Horn List' horn@music.memphis.edu Sent: 5/2/08 6:41 PM Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments For the record, I'm not optimistic about this situation. That was someone else. Yes, Chinese manufacturers may soon turn out acceptable school

[Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Speaking of Chinese made horns, Kit wrote: A couple of years in the future when the manufacturers learn what they're doing, these instruments may start to become quite acceptable. I agree. I'm one who's actually optimistic about the future of Chinese instruments. I'm old enough to remember

Re: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-01 Thread brassartsunlim
] Chinese instruments Speaking of Chinese made horns, Kit wrote: A couple of years in the future when the manufacturers learn what they're doing, these instruments may start to become quite acceptable. I agree. I'm one who's actually optimistic about the future of Chinese instruments. I'm old

RE: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments

2008-05-01 Thread John Baumgart
] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:59 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Chinese instruments Speaking of Chinese made horns, Kit wrote: A couple of years in the future when the manufacturers learn what they're doing, these instruments may start to become