Klarinet Archive - Posting 001197.txt from 1998/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:to Oboe of not to Oboe
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 19:41:34 -0500

At 02:16 PM 12/30/98 PST, Scott Morrow wrote:
(Bill Hausmann wrote:)
>>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." :-)
>
>Every professional player was once a beginner!
>
And very few of them sounded like professionals when they began, which
proves the law.

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