Klarinet Archive - Posting 000745.txt from 1999/05

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 15 May 1999 20:15:01 -0000 Issue 1389
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 09:23:58 -0400

On Sun, 16 May 1999, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> But if a Ford drives lousy to you, why buy it, take it to a
> mechanic, and have him make it drive like a Chevy? Why not just buy the
> Chevy in the first place?

Again - seems like a huge jump in conclusion. You assume that someone
gets something customized to work like something else.....it is based on
perhaps your personal outlook, but it doesn't seem to represent the norm.
I don't know of anyone who takes their Selmer 10G to Brannen to get it to
play like a Buffet, and I don't know of anyone who takes their Leblanc
Opus to Brannen to get it to play like a Selmer. I just don't see the
analogy you present as making any sense at all.

> Of course, if your intention is to make the
> clarinet play like a David Hattner Custom Model, that is another matter
> entirely, and fine with me, as long as you can start with good material to
> customize. ("Any color you want, as long as it is black(wood)" :-) )

That's what I have been reading David's posts as saying all along. Is it
that hard to see?
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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