Klarinet Archive - Posting 001136.txt from 1998/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:to Oboe of not to Oboe
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:21:15 -0500

At 12:56 PM 12/29/98 -0500, David Blumberg wrote:
Any instrument is difficult to master, and a
>beginning oboist can make some pretty un-godly sounds ;)

Oboes, along with violins, French horns, and some others, follow what I
call the "Law of Perversity of Musical Instruments," which states, "The
more beautiful an instrument sounds played by a professional, the worse it
sounds played by a beginner." :-)

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
ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------