Klarinet Archive - Posting 000992.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: My first clarinet
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 00:09:01 -0400

And I see more students take care of their instruments than the
opposite. Let's not base our opinions only on what we experience
ourselves......it is neither persuasive nor is it likely to convince.

School owned horns are not descriptive nor are they representative of how
children take care of their own instruments. As the guy who rented a car
with his friend said, "Cut in front Joe....it's a rental car!".

Roger Garrett

On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Would that people like you and I were the norm. I had an ablsolute fit
> when a tiny burr on my neck strap scratched my tenor sax (one of the few
> "new" instruments I have ever bought). But you should see the condition of
> some of the horns I bring in from my school service route for repair!
> Worst ones of all are the school instruments, because "nobody" owns them.
> But many privately owned instruments are abused, too, and it is a shame.
> Not all, mind you. But I do see more underappreciated instruments than
> seems reasonable. So don't take it personally. Be an example for the rest
> of them!
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
> 451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
> Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>