Re: HAMMOND - Manufacturing Video (& Leslie story)
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"Depending on the answer, .......he would reply, "Don't do that! It's not necessary." .....is probably "key" .....(no pun intended) ....and of course, is the story true? I would certainly not suggest this one act was what made Marantz successful.? His wife was a part of the company in a very unique engineering way.? I strongly suspect that "decisions" not to do something were not "spontaneous" but rather very calculated.
Also, Marantz is no more, merging with another high-end company, now?D&M Holdings?, but that's not to suggest Marantz was not successful.? There are typically many other factors involved. I still have Marantz in one of my systems.? ?I would have preferred to have been able to afford Denon at the time.? Found a Hafler instead ...which is also no more, but did not disappear, just grew the same as D&M.
On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 10:21:42 AM PST, Scott Hawthorn <organfreak@...> wrote:
There is a little-known principle in electronics manufacturing
called "Marantzing," named after the CEO of Marantz electronics.
Mr. Marantz would walk the factory floor, looking at various
procedures. He would ask a worker, "Why are you doing that?"
Depending on the answer, he would reply, "Don't do that! It's not
necessary." This is how Marantz became successful.
On 2/11/2023 10:08 AM, Wayne Tarling
via groups.io wrote:
Finally came across an
historical promotional video covering Hammond manufacturing
information.
Everything "manual" ....no
CNC.
Far too many manufacturing
details actioned to be able to "survive" today's manufacturing
costs.? ? Just imagine "testing every condenser".? ?No
present-day "company owner" of anything would ever allow this
kind of cost practice.? My experience is manufacturing. I know
of no owner who embraced Quality.? They looked upon Quality as
an unnecessary evil ...to be avoided or cut altogether ....and
then see what happens.
Anyone know if there is a
"Hammond expert" in the Vancouver, B.C., Canada, area?
I know there are organs
around. They were sold by both "Eatons" (large store chain
across Canada) and a private company locally, "Jerome's"
...going back to the 60's and 70's.? I suppose there may now
be Suzuki-Hammond ...perhaps represented by a music
store(?). And then "what would anyone actually know about
Hammond organs"?
On a separate note, not to
be "out-done" ....once a file is video file is opened in
YouTube, associated video files pop-up ....and this video
"History of the Leslie" appeared. I did not know this
"history", so it was interesting and humorous to watch.
Nothing about manufacturing ...just the story.
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