Klarinet Archive - Posting 000887.txt from 1999/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 20:23:55 -0400

At 07:46 AM 5/18/99 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>On Mon, 17 May 1999, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>> Your own assertions, coming as they do from an official spokesman
>> for Buffet, are at least as tainted as mine by parochial interest.
>
>Thanks for admitting your's are tainted. Please prove that those from an
>official spokesman are?
>
Can't prove it. But let's face it, you'd be a pretty sorry spokesman if
you DID NOT defend your company's product! I EXPECT you to defend Buffet;
it is only the religious fervor of your defense I find amusing.

>> The
>> more I hear from relatively unbiased sources of other brands having known
>> acoustical flaws, and needing extensive correction, the less argument I
>> will have. And since I tire of the argument, let's hear it, folks!
>
>Which unbiased sources? I haven't seen any unbiased sources on the list
>reporting what you are.
>
That's my point. I want to hear from people reporting what I have NOT
reported or heard yet. So far, all is quiet. Coincidence?

>> And you accuse ME of being argumentative. Apparently you are willing to
>> argue about ANYTHING, whether you make any sense or not!
>
>Misinformation to students is something I argue against - I'm a
>professional educator. It's my job to present facts - not hearsay based
>on personal bias because of business problems. You haven't presented any
>facts - just emotional biases based on opinions of a few and an admitted
>bad experience with Buffet. I tire of the "discussion" too - especially
>because you have presented no new evidence to support your weird
>conclusions.
>
I have quoted assertions by others and have actively solicited anecdotal
evidence that other brands of clarinets also routinely receive major
service to correct or "customize" them before use. I have not presented
facts because I am still GATHERING them. I have had no "bad" experience
with Buffet myself. I decided, based upon one I played in 1972 or '73 that
I did not care for them, or at least that one, and bought a Selmer instead,
which I DID like. That is the way it is supposed to work. Had that Buffet
back then played like the last one I played, things might even have turned
out differently. But I would still be upset to hear people (***OTHER***
people, remember) talking about how there are design flaws in my horn. I
would wonder why MY company didn't take care of the problems, if they are
so well known, especially since they mostly seem minor and, to someone not
well versed in manufacturing tooling, easy to correct. I only KNOW that
the recent R-13 was repaired because of my job. If I had been just a
customer off the street, the experience would have had no downside. But
the knowledge is relevant in this discussion, even if anecdotal.

Dispensing misinformation is the LAST thing I intend to do. My intention
is to DISPELL it. But, really, when you start arguing about my TAGLINE...

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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