Klarinet Archive - Posting 000630.txt from 1999/12

From: James Leonard Hobby <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Two other classics from repair guy
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 19:06:23 -0500

Or perhaps apropos, never try to teach a pig to sing. You'll give yourself
an ulcer and annoy the pig.

Personally, I'd try >ONE< time to explain to the repairman that >I< am the
teacher; not you. Please do the repairs that I have sent you w/o
commenting on them to my students. (At the same time, I'd prepare the
students for the unsolicited advice, suggesting that they just ignore it.)

If that didn't work, find another repairman that you can work with.

Jim Hobby

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>Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:54:13 -0500
>From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
>
>Two other classics from this repair guy.
>The student just ordered a couple of barrels. One was a DEG, other was a
>Scott (I didn't want to spend their money on a $100+ barrel). Both were
>made of a synthetic material which the repair guy said "it's a woodwind,
>you must play with a wooden barrel". Lastly the student plays a Hite D
>facing Mouthpiece (professional). This guy says "do you like that thing?"
>I really don't feel like confronting him, as there is an old saying -
>"never get into a fight with a skunk - even if you win, you'll come out of
>it smelling pretty badly."

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