Klarinet Archive - Posting 000987.txt from 2000/01

From: gdubac <gdubac@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Greg Smith mouthpieces/FAQ
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 09:05:35 -0500

Dear Dan:

I'm afraid that what I say here will not make your job easier. Opinions
are important to those of us who monitor the list for recommendations
about mouthpieces, equipment, teachers, etc. The problem is that all
opinions are not equal. The opinion of someone who makes a living
teaching or performing on the clarinet is much more valuable to me than
the opinion of a student or amateur. Are these opinions still
subjective? Yes. But it's more information than we have otherwise.

The clarinet parents of the world would love for you to sort this out
for us - but I know that I wouldn't get near it with a 10-foot pole.

Good Luck

Judy

Daniel Leeson wrote:
>
> This is a very interesting note and central to the FAQ I have been
> trying to develop. I accept what Andy says about Greg Smith's
> mouthpiece to the extent that he is pleased with the one he got.
> There are several directions one can go from here, one of which is
> that Andy is recommending this mouthpiece on the basis of one with
> which he is happy. That presumes that Greg's mouthpieces will all
> produce the same result for you. And if that is true, then I'd like
> to buy some stock in his company, for he is going to be a rich man.
>
> Another direction is that no one else will ever like the Greg Smith
> mouthpieces that they get, a very unlikely scenario and one that
> would be disputed by Andy.
>
> And this leads me to my point, one that I can't yet figure out how
> to say intelligently; i.e., to what extent does one person's happiness
> with his/her mouthpiece mean anything?

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