Klarinet Archive - Posting 000801.txt from 2003/08

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] The standard for professional clarinetists
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:53:43 -0400

Regnhild,

All of the clarinet players and extras in the Dallas Sym., Ft. Worth Sym.,
Dallas Opera, Austin Sym.....use Buffet clarinets. I can check on Houston
and San Antonio....but I'd bet big time in favor of finding them performing
on Buffet clarinets.
Add almost all (98%) of the community sym players throughout what we call
the Metroplex (greater Dallas/Ft. Worth area).
At the professional level clarinet......100 Buffets to 1 of anything else in
the local public schools in the Dallas area.

Just an observation Dan....nothing concrete. No claim of science.

Forest Aten

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ragnhild Kristine Brekke" <rkbrek99@-----.no>
Subject: Re: [kl] The standard for professional clarinetists

> Hello,
> to continue this "thread" of "local samples": I'm a college clarinettist,
we
> are 6 clarinettists here and all of us use Buffets. All of the previous
> clarinet-students I know from the past 4 years here use Buffets. Our
teacher
> uses Buffets, and I believe all of the clarinettists in the military band
> (recently gone civillian) that he plays in use Buffets. In the
clarinet-choir
> we have here - comprising of around 25 clarinettists - there are almost
> exclusively Buffet players. And I also know Jazz-people who play Buffets.
>
> Ragnhild
> Kristiansand, Norway
>
>
> Quoting Forest Aten <forestaten@-----.net>:
> > 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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> > > **Dan Leeson **
> > > **leeson0@-----.net **
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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