Klarinet Archive - Posting 000362.txt from 1998/12

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] A question of Clarinet Preference
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:20:00 -0500

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From: CEField@-----.com>
Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [kl] A question of Clarinet Preference

>
>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

You are so right. If the director here required R-13s, he wouldn't have a
clarinet section at all.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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