Klarinet Archive - Posting 000801.txt from 1996/08

From: leeson@-----.E
Subj: Greg's father Gary joins the fray (fwd)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:35:05 -0400

Forwarded message:
>
> Gary says he hears a difference between his clarinet and his son's
> clarinet. I wrote him privately but decided to go public.
>
> I don't know if he mean when his son plays both instruments he hears a
> differance or when he plays his and his son his own, then he hears a
> difference.
>
> In the first case I believe he hears a difference because he thinks he
> is supposed to hear a difference.
>
> The second case is not a comparison. One hears oneself differently than
> anyone else because the instrument is inside your head. It is a bad
> way to judge one person's sound as contrasted with another.
>
> It is also very difficult to be objective when the instrument companies are
> bombarding you with hype about clarinet sound.
>
>
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> Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
> (leeson@-----.edu)
> ====================================