Posted by Andy Smith on February 14, 2002 at 22:56:29:
Hi everyone,
I don't know if any of you read this on Vince's website, but apparently he got into the NY Times. Thought the article was kind of interesting. Especially this part I'm quoting about the St. Pete's:
"The St. Petersburg company was sold three years ago to a Russian conglomerate that also has oil and real estate interests, Mr. Simonetti said. ''The new guys are more bottom-line oriented, without much attachment to the factory or its history,'' he said.
He worries that they may raise prices, so he has kept the card of a Chinese tuba manufacturer who approached him last year at a convention in Nashville. ''The Chinese really want to break into the U.S. market'' and promise extremely low prices, he said."
Does this mean that there will be a Jinbao in every High school now?
Sincerely,
Andy Smith
Bassdi(AT)aol.com
Tubist at Ithaca College