Klarinet Archive - Posting 000941.txt from 1999/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 22:57:11 -0400

At 09:06 PM 5/18/99 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>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.
>
Sounds like a proper form of recommendation, as long as the last sentence
is there. You can even narrow the list a bit, maybe. But leave the final
choice to the individual without brand pressure.

>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.
>
Well, maybe YOUR students are not cattle, but there is a lot of mooing out
there in the marketplace. And you did not answer the question. When you
were looking for your own instruments, did YOU try ONLY Buffets, or did you
fairly sample the market?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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