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From: Douglas Tate
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 08:57:07 GMT
Subject: Farrell

Unlike Michael Polesky, I have had no poor dealings with Farrell except for
a three month delivery of an urgent catalogue request.

However

Michael also says>>>

My dream is to play a harp that actually "works" right out of the box.

The word ' Renaissance ' springs to mind.

Actually, I agree with him in many respects. but but but ... It was not
always so. There was a time after the war and into the 60s when you could
get a #270 direct from Germany and not only did it work straight out of the
box, it worked superbly well. In the UK we had the same instrument which
I think was put together with 'English speaking' coverplates... the result
was rubbish. It was a delight to go to Germany and stock up.

The same seems to apply to motor manufacture and software. Most of the time
there is a certain lack of function on delivery!!!

I am sure that a Filisko harp works 'out of the box'
One of the problems we have today is that things are designed down to a
price to be competitive, not up to a quality to give satisfaction (if that
isn't a sweeping generalisation, I don't know what is!!!)

Douglas Tate