What's next in Music? Are they going to take the Lead out of "Led Zeppelin"?
Dewey

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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Davy, Gordon
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [LF] Lead-free musical instruments


Bareboard has asked whether I inferred from the Yamaha Music press release
regarding their line of lead-free musical instruments that an instrument
that contains traditional solder is harmful to the musician's health. The
only inference I can make from the press release is that Yamaha Music sees
some benefit to removing lead from their musical instruments and wants us to
infer that the benefit is to their customers more than to their bottom line.


If Bareboard's question is what my opinion is, my answer is that I think the
blood lead level for musicians using leaded musical instruments is no higher
than that of anyone else, and that it would be a huge challenge for someone
to propose a mechanism by which lead in a musical instrument could get into
the musician. Until someone presents some evidence, my inference on Yamaha's
motivation would be that it is an unprincipled attempt to increase market
share. They might be doing this by appealing to people's sense of "any move
to stop using lead is good for the environment" (with no notion of how the
environment is thereby made better) or else by exploiting fear. Remember
that the reasoning behind superstition is "it can't hurt, and it might
help." How much extra would you pay to protect yourself or your loved ones
from lead in the next musical instrument you buy?

Gordon Davy
Baltimore, MD
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410-993-7399

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