{"id":44841,"date":"2016-09-19T03:17:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T03:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2016\/09\/19\/editorial-the-last-bastion-of-excess\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:37:21","slug":"editorial-the-last-bastion-of-excess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/intercepts\/2016\/09\/19\/editorial-the-last-bastion-of-excess\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial: The Last Bastion of Excess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mindset in the Defense Department of saving money and making do with the proverbial &#8220;80-percent&#8221; solution has yet to permeate the ranks of military musicians, but it&#8217;s high time that it does.<br\/><br\/> Musical instrument purchases for military bands go counter to pretty much any mandate for belt-tightening that defense leaders like to complain about publicly. If the much-bemoaned sequestration cuts represent the &#8220;meat-axe&#8221; approach to controlling defense spending, as former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has famously proclaimed, then the $75,000 Cello for the Air Force, first flagged by Time.com over the summer, is the sweet-sounding antidote to such brutish austerity.<br\/><br\/> The Navy, on the Air Force&#8217;s behalf, re-published a solicitation for the instrument on the Federal Business Opportunities website last week. The precision of the requirements is striking, down to the millimeter of the instrument&#8217;s corpus dimensions. Also, it has to have been crafted by Italian luthier Joannes Gagliano in 1787.<br\/><br\/> That certainly narrows down the candidates. Somebody really wants that cello.<br\/><br\/> There are other examples. The Army some years ago ventured to buy a brand new Steinway grand piano for almost $90,000 for the base chapel at Ft. Riley, Kansas. As in the case of the cello, the requirements were crafted so that any, say, $20,000 Yamaha grand &#8212; perhaps even used, as is customary in this class of instruments \u2013 needed not apply.<br\/><br\/> Or take the three handmade Verne Q. Powell flutes sought by the Army last year for the total cost of $34,000. The manufacturer on its website cites one satisfied customer raving about his Powel flute as &#8220;home and family, mystery and future. An irreplaceable partner to realize the beauty of music.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> That endorsement came not from a military musician, but, according to the maker&#8217;s website, from the principal flutist of Japan&#8217;s Kyoto Symphony.<br\/><br\/> Every musician deserves the best possible instrument, whether in the military or in school classrooms around the country, but a modicum of budgetary moderation should be applied. Good instruments, even great ones, can be often be found for a fraction of the price that the government wants for its inventory of Defense Department bands.<br\/><br\/> It&#8217;s worth looking at the justification documentation for the Army&#8217;s flutes purchase. \u00a0In essence, the document states, the service regulation governing bands makes it mandatory that only the most exquisite instruments be bought, it states.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;Army Regulation 220-90 is specific in addressing the professional quality of musical instruments,&#8221; the document reads. &#8220;The Commander, US Army School of Music, has determined that these makes and models are necessary for the mission and that no other makes or models will suffice.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> In fact, the cited service policy says the only people allowed to certify the &#8220;sufficiency, condition, serviceability and quality&#8221; of musical instruments are Army band officers, warrant officer bandmasters or band senior 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