Klarinet Archive - Posting 000972.txt from 1999/01

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Rudeness and humility
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:03:42 -0500

My, we are upset, aren't we?
Tom R. seems to have developed a turn of phrase something like an adman's.
That doesn't mean that what he writes should be regarded as ads.
Roger Shilcock

On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 GTGallant@-----.com wrote:

> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:12:29 EST
> From: GTGallant@-----.com
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Rudeness and humility
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> In a message dated 99-01-18 14:42:12 EST, you write:
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> << Tom has been unfailingly polite and HUMBLE in his discussions about
> clarinet
> playing, and he also doesn't shove brand names down peoples' throats, which
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> could do if so inclined.
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> Hardly. All Mr. Ridenour has been doing has been jamming "his" brands down
> our throats. When asked: what faults do the Leblanc clarinets have, all he
> could or would give is the lame stock excuse of throat tones...blah, blah,
> blah. Every manufactured clarinet in existance that I've tried (Rossi, Eaton,
> Yamaha, Selmer, Leblanc, Buffet, Patricola, Wurlitzer Reform Boehm) has at
> least a little quirkyness in the throat area. I'm quite sick of hearing how
> great Leblanc - or is it Selmer now, Tom - clarinets are. Who cares? We each
> choose a product (or should) based on what we feel plays good. I feel your
> supposed "purely factual" posts are a tad insulting to non-your current
> clarinet sponsor players. This brief list includes: Neidich, Manasse, P.
> Meyer, Cuper, Deplus, Stolzman, Drucker, Yeh, Smith, Cohler, Rossi, Johnson,
> etc. Mr. Ridenour claims he is not "officially" endorsing Selmer Siganture,
> but yet his products are sold by that company and he sports a large picture of
> a Selmer on his website. Why not a picture of a great Leblanc Opus? Didn't
> you help design it?
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> I may sound a little emotional, but isn't it ironic that some listers are
> jumping on the Ridenour Train and doing exactly what he preaches
> against...following the flock? I have the uncanny ability to see through the
> fancy words, pontification, and B.S. that is spewing out of "The Spin
> Doctor's" keyboard. If your product is superior, just give the facts and
> leave out strawberry rhubarb analogies. Your analogies are also ironic and
> have nothing to do with technical/acoustical facts. I will buy the better
> product, Mr. Ridenour. This post is my opinion and in no way deals with
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