Klarinet Archive - Posting 000689.txt from 2000/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A Definetly Different Opinion on clarinet (not my
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:54:51 -0400

At 08:08 PM 9/22/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>I was recently talking to a giutar player about music. I mentioned that I
was
>looking at two wooden clarinets, as I wanted to get a new one (Leblanc
Noblet
>40 and 45, if you care). When he asked how much I was going to have to pay,
>and I told him the price, he said it was a rip off. All clarinets sound the
>same, according to him. This made me kinda mad, because he evidently did not
>know the first thing about clarinet playing. Later in the convrosation, I
>found out he didn't know that material, reed, mouthpiece, and player make a
>difference in sound quality. You meet some strange ideas out there!
>
You should have asked, "Don't all GUITARS sound the same, too?"

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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