From djacques@csulb.edu Tue Jan 21 12:17:12 2003
Subject:RE: Hammond

Yes, I find this amazing as well. I am really surprised that this is
coming from a basically eastern company (Suzuki) with a sound business
model. I thought that this stubborness was more a trait from the
American companies, like GM... They must be getting some bad advice from
Americans.

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Given that Hammond/Suzuki has ALL the name recognition and the stigma of
already being a classic, and they have since developed some great
technology
with the "new" B3, it does boggle the mind that they haven't capitalized
on
this. Fact is, if they made a product that was sonically as good as the
CX-3, Electro, or Voce they would own the market because ultimately most
everybody would want a "real Hammond", providing they could afford it.
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Their legacy it seems is that they have
retained
Laurens Hammond's stubbornness.