Klarinet Archive - Posting 000556.txt from 2000/06

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] ebay bassethorn
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:15:51 -0400

A good point, but Dan L.'s message could be construed slightly
differently. It reminded me of the attitude all too often met with in
British shops
(et sim.), of which the two sides are:
We often get asked for those, but there's no demand for them
[sic!!!!!!!!];
Why not try one of these -- they're very good, we sell a lot of
them.
Yours,
Roger S.

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, klarANNette h satterfield wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:53:02 EDT
> From: klarANNette h satterfield <klarann@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] ebay bassethorn
>
>
> On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 06:20:29 -0700 Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
> writes:
>
> >It is not that I don't know a little bit about basset horns but I got
> >the reaction that my correspondent had an overblown sense of
> >self-importance with respect to her knowledge of basset horndom as
> >contrasted with mine. I would think that they would want to make an
> >effort to get me what it is I want.
>
>
> This is a very frustrating attitude where-ever it is encountered.
>
> Some people don't recognize the difference between an odd request made in
> ignorance and the unusual request made in knowledge. The attitude that
> one knows *all* the information on a subject is very dangerous, or at
> least limiting.
>
> For salespeople, reference librarians, teachers-- the art is in finding
> the context level of the question so that answer can connect.
>
> annhall
> ````````````````````````````````
> Ann Satterfield
> clarinetist and teacher
> ````````````````````````````````
> and former reference librarian
>
>
>
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