Klarinet Archive - Posting 000786.txt from 1996/08

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Greg van Cott's questions about R13 shopping (fwd)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:34:50 -0400

Forwarded message:
>
> Oh d**m, just when I thought I had a partial handle on things,
> Dan comes along and shatters my notions.
>
> Dan, is the belief that "Brand X is the right clarinet because
> it blends in with the other Brand X clarinets in the
> orchestra" total malarky? Or is just that the tuning/intonation
> is easier to match? Or is there ANY factual basis here? If I
> like my brand Y clarinet, and there can be shown to be no
> tuning/intonation problems on my brand Y clarinet, am I
> justified to tell the conductor or director to take a flying
> leap (assuming I can afford to say it)?
>
> Is it all really just emotional baggage?
> --
> Mark Charette Just trying to avoid yet another
> charette@-----.