Klarinet Archive - Posting 000379.txt from 2000/10

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Real musicians don't.....
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 13:09:25 -0400

<><> Mark wrote:
I guess you don't like player pianos, either ...

Point taken!

Actually, I marvelled at them as a child. When I was old enough to
drive, I made a 600-mile trip to a museum of... I've forgotten the name,
all sorts of mechanized instruments from 50-100 years ago. You put a
dime in, and then you watched them play and watched mechanized
gondoliere (sp?) pole their boats across a canal while figurines in
formal dress danced on the veranda of a palazzo and so forth.
But these were special because of the mechanical skills and
inventiveness and visual impact. I suppose that there is skill in
moving a few keys electronically, but the particular instrument that I
saw last night reeked of 'phony'. In the original player pianos and
mechanized 'bands', you could see everything working and you could
admire it. The emphasis was on the builder's skills, not on phony
opulence.
and I suppose that it hurts more when a person is working hard to
learn to play music himself.

It just hit me wrong.... what else can I say?

Cheers,
Bill

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