Klarinet Archive - Posting 000007.txt from 2002/11

From: "WILLIAM SEMPLE" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Number of players
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 08:28:21 -0500

Does anyone have an idea how many people in the world or United States
actively play the clarinet?

I also wonder how many clarinets there are out there, given the number of
people I run into who played the instrument in their high school band.

As the readers of this listserve have surmised, I am into absolutely useless
speculation about issues that have no true bearing on the practica of
playing the instrument. Oh well, the curse of a person who received his
degree in philosophy rather than music.

However, I do believe (somewhat in defense of Tony's remark that the way I
think about the instrument boggles his mind) that theoretical discussion is
important and in some cases helps to frame issues or even to stimulate a
different way at looking at, and then possibly solving, a problem.

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