Klarinet Archive - Posting 000708.txt from 1996/10

From: "Fogle, Bill" <bill.fogle@-----.com>
Subj: Re: The great secret of reed adjustment
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:38:35 -0500

Nichelle wrote:

-->I think my time is best spent practicing the clarinet and studying the
music
-->I'm working on . . . another pet peeve, faulty equipment too often
becomes
-->an excuse.

This is an admirable view. I just don't think it holds up, ultimately. I
think what
you have here is a statement of *two extremes*. The musician who
"doesn't care" about fussing with setup, and the musician who won't let
off with it. Truth lies in the middle, etc.
----Bill F.