Klarinet Archive - Posting 000712.txt from 2003/08

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] The standard for professional clarinetists
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:23:18 -0400

Forest, I do not mean to minimize your own perspective of the situation,
but your personal experience does not constitute evidence. In both
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, you will find almost no Buffet
clarinets. Nor will you find very many in all of Russia, or the entire
eastern block. In Russia, the Boehm instrument is currently the most
popular and every time I see a Russian orchestra and ask about the
instruments, I'm told that they, in the main, are Selmers.

But my analysis is no better than yours. Using a gut feel to make a
universal statement is just bad logic.

I have (or had) a number of excellent Buffet instruments. I liked them,
but did not base my opinion of them on what other thought. And a
statement such as yours and that of David Blumberg says to every
impressionable kid, "You must have a Buffet to be really with the in
crowd." And that is nothing more than doo-doo!!

Dan Leeson

Forest Aten wrote:

> 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>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:35 AM
> Subject: [kl] The standard for professional clarinetists
>
>
>
>>David Blumberg wrote:
>>
>>"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."
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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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