Klarinet Archive - Posting 000832.txt from 2003/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet vs. Everyone
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:06:59 -0400

At 01:36 PM 8/27/2003 -0700, Joe Redmon wrote:
>The R-13 is far from a perfect horn, but no brand can
>lay claim to that. The negative aspect of this
>discussion could be exactly what the manufacturers
>want. It's like negative political campaigns... say
>the other guy is bad to make you look good. To wrap
>it up, it seems to me like BUFFET is always getting
>the short end of the ugly stick when it comes to this
>debate. Just like in life, when you are on top, there
>is always someone trying to push you off. :)

The problem is not that Buffet gets badmouthed. If there was that much
negative press on them, sales and reputation would suffer. The facts show
that this is not the case. In fact, quite another situation has
developed. The Buffet instruments get GOBS of good press/word of mouth,
not so much undeserved, but all out of proportion to what they do deserve,
relative to other equally deserving instruments. We are not questioning
Buffet's well-deserved reputation for quality so much as their overwhelming
dominance in at least SOME markets and the reasons for it, possibly reasons
BEYOND their own merits. For example, in Michigan, it appears that ONLY the
Holton Farkas French horn is considered appropriate for serious
study. This is allegedly because the horn instructor at the University of
Michigan says so, and that is that. (And note that such pressure does not
depend upon the TRUTH of the allegation, only its strength and frequency of
repetition.)

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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