Klarinet Archive - Posting 000358.txt from 1998/12

From: CEField@-----.com
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] A question of Clarinet Preference
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:28:02 -0500

In a message dated 12/7/98 1:57:49 AM, Carl wrote:

<< I suppose the easy way out

is just to require that your students play an R-13, but I tend to wish that

directors didn't do that because it limits options >>

Carl, this is something that has bothered me for some time. I have heard that
even K-12 band directors in some parts of the country will "strongly suggest"
that their students have R13s. Pity the poor parent who cannot afford to buy a
professional clarinet for his or her 6th grader. Should that child be
ridiculed because he is carrying Brand Z when Buffet R13 is the only game in
town?

Please do not think that I have anything against Buffet R13 clarinets. It is
my instrument of choice. In fact, I own three of them and hope to own a fourth
soon. But have we lost all perspective?

Cindy

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