Klarinet Archive - Posting 000709.txt from 2003/08

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] The standard for professional clarinetists
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:45:58 -0400

Dan,

All of the studio and jazz players I know use Buffets. All of my old school
buddies from North Texas, doing show work....use Buffets. I know it's not
more than a local sample...but it's easy to check around and find out what
the active professional players are using.

Forest Aten

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] The standard for professional clarinetists

> David Blumberg wrote:
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> "Buffet is still the standard for Professional Clarinetists and
> probably always will be. Sure there are others but put em all together
> and they still don't equal Buffet's Industry Marketplace. The best that
> the competitors can do is to demonize the Buffet to try to get their own
> model sold."
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> Dave, your preference for clarinets is your own business and no one can
> criticize you for your choice. But when you suggest something about
> what the industry marketplace has and does, you have to be able to
> defend that statement other than by a smell test.
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> What evidence do you have that jusifies such a bold statement? Isn't it
> enough for you to say that you have Buffets and like them? What high
> ground is taken when you make statements about an industry marketplace
> without providing statistics that confirm you assertion?
>
> If you consider the world of professional jazz players, or non
> Americans, I believe your assertion cannot be sustained.
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