Klarinet Archive - Posting 001409.txt from 1998/10

From: CmdrHerel@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] re: question of Tube, A note, student discount
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:14:07 -0500

In a message dated 10/31/98 2:11:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
reedman@-----.com writes:

<< A professional could make a Bundy
sound like an R-13 (maybe), but yet a student who can't do that doesn't
have the money to buy an R-13. I guess that's just how it is. Of
course there's nothing wrong with learning to do it the hard way. >>

Don't forget the converse: A student can make an R-13 sound like a Bundy...
:)

Nothing much wrong with putting your time in on the equipment you have until
you are able to afford better. I think that as long as a student has one
reasonable working setup (Bb) they can get as much out of their education as a
student coming in with a top of the line matched set of custom horns. What's
reasonable? I'd say a used R-13 (I can find them for under six hundred bucks)
and a good handmade mouthpiece. Total kit for under seven hundred hundred
dollars.

Ways to do it? I know some music majors who take out their student loans for
a bit over their tuition so that they can get a horn after one or two years.
Is it worth adding to your debt? Yes. And when you compare the cost of the
horn to the cost of tuition, it really isn't that much more. You need one
decent horn as much as you need the classes if you're going to be a musician.

I've been able to get one new horn about every four to five years. It sounds
like a long time, but it's not, really. I have two beautiful Bb's, a great A,
a new Eb, and while I'd already like to have that bass, a couple of years
longer won't be so bad.

Although my husband recently started talking about pitching in some for the
bass when I finish my masters... I said hell if that's the case, I can finish
in a semester! :)

Teri Herel

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