Posted by Dan Schultz on October 03, 2003 at 15:49:22:
In Reply to: Drang nach dem Osten for UMI? posted by Chuck(G) on October 03, 2003 at 13:19:08:
Many of the parts used in UMI instruments at various facillities in the US are coming from off-shore sources already. Take a lesson from the automotive industries... Chinese tubas already are a reality and as time goes on and the quality improves, there will be little domestic competition. Japanese tubas a few years back were just as junky and the current Chinese tubas.