Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: New 184 question


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Posted by Chuck(G) on March 15, 2003 at 00:56:59:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: New 184 question posted by dp on March 15, 2003 at 00:47:38:

Dale, the 80's were a low point for Mirafones in one special case--the ones put together by the "co-op" venture in Sun Valley, CA. Miraphone would ship the parts to the US and they'd be assembled here. Very often, the assembly would be very much below par. After a couple of years of this nonsense, the venture was abandoned.

Or, to draw a parallel, I'm sure that there were some pretty good Conns that came out of Abeliene, but as a rule of thumb, they're best avoided in preference to the Elkhart ones unless you can get up close to check one out carefully.

There's gotta be a reason why Conn doesn't build tubas out of a Maquiladora factory and why Miraphone gave up on the US venture.

My .02 anyway.



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