Re: [Harp-L] Hohner CX-12 Jazz Chromatic

["Bill" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Who Hohner is thinking will be buying at that price?"

It may be that Hohner are thinking that nobody will buy them at that price 
and they don't want them too because they are set up for a mass 
production/mass consumption type business model.

I think a lot of what Harponline does is despite Hohner rather than because 
of them.  Some of the German contributors to the list may know more than me 
but I don't think it is set up as a conventional business, more like a 
cooperative set up by harp players for harp players.  This means that they 
can do things like break down harps and sell parts in a way that might not 
make economic sense normally.  It's a shame but because the weak value of 
the pound against the euro it's too expensive for me to buy much from them 
at the moment, otherwise I'd go there first everytime because I feel I 
should support them.

But then what Harponline does in relation to Hohner etc is only the service 
that Seydel are able to provide their customers as part of the normal course 
of events.  There are salutary lessons from the decline of British 
manufacturing industry; new entrants to a market (which since it's relaunch, 
is what Seydel is effectively) have a potential competitive advantage 
because they aren't tied existing patterns of niche markets, modern 
communications technology, new patterns of distribution and labour relations 
blah, blah, blah...

It's a guess but I reckon that the boffins at Seydel are beavering away at 
something right now - a chromatic with the maintenance advantages of the 
CX12 with stainless steel reeds, maybe?

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Klingl" <tom.klingl@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'John Watts'" <coast2coastmusic@xxxxxxxxx>; <Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Hohner CX-12 Jazz Chromatic


> Hi John,
>
> Ooops...sorry for the misunderstanding on my side. Who Hohner is thinking
> will be buying at that price?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Watts [mailto:coast2coastmusic@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 12:22 AM
> To: 'Bill'; Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx; Tom Klingl
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Hohner CX-12 Jazz Chromatic
>
>
> I have reported the prices as quoted to me for the cover only.
>
> Regards,
> John Watts, Coast to Coast Music
> http://coast2coastmusic.com
> Harmonicas & Accessories
> 800-776-5015
>
>
> --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Tom Klingl <tom.klingl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Tom Klingl <tom.klingl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Hohner CX-12 Jazz Chromatic
> > To: "'Bill'" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 5:26 PM
> > moment please, I think it was $225 for the complete
> > chromatic and 85.- Euros
> > ($114.43) for the cover only. I am positive John Watts will be able to
> > offer the cover for a similar price
> >
> > Tom
>
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