Klarinet Archive - Posting 000291.txt from 1997/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Everyone's Opinion
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 22:16:47 -0400

At 07:37 PM 9/6/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Everyone should have an opinion....but it should be based on some kind of
>experience or knowledge. To simply state that one has an opinion and
>can't believe what another is saying....or that it can't be worthwhile
>is a definite slap in the face. While I am close to having had enough of
>the instrument repair/new instrument service issue, it is important for me
>to say to the listserv that what I have been talking about is based on
>many private students' experiences as well as my own professional playing.
>I get fairly heated when someone tells me that all of that means nothing -
>especially when they haven't had the experience themselves.
>
>Perhaps the folks who read the listserv can see all of that anyway and I
>just should back off. Either way....my apologies to Bill for my
>comments...he is entitled to his opinion. And my apologies to the
>listserv for getting "heated".
>
>Roger Garrett
>
No offense taken. Friends?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.