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Posted by Chuck(G) on December 06, 2003 at 10:34:10:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ebay should have a child lock... posted by another example on December 06, 2003 at 09:45:58:

No doubt about it--time marches on for the Far East. My wife has nothing but nice things to say about the very modestly-priced DeMedici/Jupiter harmony flutes (alto and bass). She says that the workmanship on the bass is FAR better than the "Robert Dick" Emerson model. (Of course that didn't stop her from ordering a Kotato!)

Same for basic machine tools. The Taiwanese stuff used to be miserable junk. Now China produces the shabbier stuff (but is coming up fast); Taiwan produces what used to pass for Japanese quality; Japanese stuff is VERY expensive and good and the US doesn't make anything anymore.

I predict we'll see a very decent Chinese-made-and-branded student tuba in the next 5 years.



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