Klarinet Archive - Posting 000898.txt from 1999/05

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:06:27 -0400

On Tue, 18 May 1999, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> On the contrary. If you went out and chose the instruments that played
> best for you, you did exactly what you were supposed to do. I presume your
> professional relationship with Buffet is based upon this satisfaction,
> rather than the reverse. But I hear of too many students who are sent out
> in search of a good R-13, RATHER THAN the best clarinet they can
> find/afford. I find that attitude on the part of the teachers far too
> limiting. The best clarinet they find may very well BE a Buffet R-13, but
> give the other guys a chance! Did YOU try ONLY Buffets?

Let's try a little common sense here......if I go to a person and say, I
want a wonderful car - what do you recommend? And he says to me (being a
person who has tried literally every car out there) - I personally like
the Toyota Camry - and I have tried the following.....X, Y, Z, B,
A.....the Camry still wins hands down. And....the price is less. By the
way, even though I'm a profession Car driver and have tried them all out,
go try them out anyway and decide for yourself.

Let's try to use some common sense. We can say to our students that we
think Leblanc Opus is great, but we play on the horn we like best. I
recommend to my students what I like. But they are not cattle - they can
try any horn they want and buy any horn they want.

Again, you conclude so many things without knowing anything about the
people, teachers, students you are discussing. If you are doing it
hypothetically, what's the point??
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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