Klarinet Archive - Posting 000261.txt from 1997/11

From: "Kilgore Trout" <satanspilgrims@-----.com>
Subj: Re: now that WWIII has ended
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:55:53 -0500

> Hopefully now the dust has started to settle on the "which clarinet
>brand is best" war that has been going on for a little while on here.
One
>must ask, "what have we learned here?" If we didn't learn anything
than this
>was all in vein.
> What I learned is that deciding on a clarinet is a personal choice. I
>believe that we all independantly develop a concept of tone and it is
good to
>try out all of the brands: Leblanc, Selmer, Yamaha, Buffet, Howarth.
What ever
>fits your concept of tone is what is right for you. I personally like
the
>Leblancs, the Yamahas and the Howarth myself because they have tonal
characteristics
>that I like. To one is the definitive brand isn't right because you
then are saying
>that you have the definitive concept of tone over all others which is
kind of arrogant.
>If all you know and all your teacher's have known are the R-13s, get
bold and
>try some other things. The idea of "don't knock it till you've tried
it" comes
>to mind here.
> I have learned that we do have varying levels of maturity on here and
>comments like "apology regected", "up yours" and the effervescent
(sparkling
>bubbly but basically full of gas) "don't buy a CRAP-INTOSH" really
don't add
>much to this forum. If you are going to give an opinion, explain it
somewhat.
>This is a place for opinions and the exchange of ideas.....that is why
we are
>here for the most part, but there really isn't a reason to get our
underwear in
>a bind over someone else's opinion and fireing off a profanity to 800
people.
> That is what I have learned here by watching all of this. maybe
someone
>else has a different take on it. I don't know and would love to hear
other
>opinions on this. Meanwhile I am going to go bury myself in a practice
room
>for awhile again.
>
>Sean Talbot
>Music education major
>University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
>talbotse12@-----.edu
>

I'm afraid i'm guilty of starting this war in the first place with my
original comment.

KT

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