Klarinet Archive - Posting 000886.txt from 1999/05

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Moennig Adjusted Clarinets
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 20:13:45 -0400

On Tue, 18 May 1999, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> I was hoping that the " " around the word "wrath" would be taken as the
> crinkles around my eyes as I smilingly typed it. But now that you bring it
> up, is the variation in part because of the same thing you have been
> arguing about clarinets -- that since they are EXPECTED to be worked on to
> result in a finished product, there is no need to be terribly precise? In
> a mouthpiece BLANK, clearly sold as such, I can accept a lot more variation
> than in a finished mouthpiece.

I have to conclude that you can't be pleased. You assume that people
and/or companies do not make precisely the same mouthpiece each time
because they are not expected to. You falsely assume that these companies
have no pride, no precision, and that technology exists that allows,
within the prices we pay ($17.95 for a finished blank, or $30 for the same
with Zinner) exists but that the company ignores such because we accept
it.

You seem to me to be a very negative, cynical thinker. My suggestion was
to try to be positive about the way you view things - rather than simply
complaining to anyone and everyone who will listen that your personal
needs aren't met. You don't need to read any more into my post than I
wrote.
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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