Klarinet Archive - Posting 000175.txt from 1999/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wood/plastic, etc...
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:16:12 -0500

At 11:25 AM 4/3/99 -0600, Roger Garrett wrote:
>On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 GTGallant@-----.com wrote:
>> Perception has nothing to do with actual and/or measurable physical
evidence
>> and data. Perception is a very personal thing, even under similar
>> circumstances. One can "perceive" anything they want, whether true or
false.
>
>Exactly my point. If a person perceives a light change differently than
>another person, they might risk running it.........it might cause an
>accident - do we say that the light change caused the accident? Of course
>not.....did the accident occur - abslutely! Why? The person honestly
>perceived the light change differently. That's precisely why actual
>and/or measurable physical evidence has no bearing on the unmeasurable
>and/or actual way the perception is enacted in the performance. They are
>linked - they can't be separated.
>
Are you saying that, if we could convince a player that a plastic clarinet
is SUPERIOR to a wood one, that, as a result of that perception, he will
play BETTER on the plastic one? That is not the difference in material but
the player's PERCEPTION of the material that matters?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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