Klarinet Archive - Posting 000115.txt from 2004/02

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: C Clarinet
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:12:40 -0500

Nancy Buckman wrote:
> At 09:03 AM 2/9/2004, you wrote:
>
>> At 08:38 PM 2/7/2004 -0500, David Blumberg wrote:
>> >Unless you are playing full time in a paid position, they are a waste
>> >of money (the C Clarinet).
>
>
> Gee David, why not just do away with the clarinet altogether, if you
> aren't a pro, and just sing the parts. After all, you don't really need
> a real clarinet if you aren't a pro. I don't consider my self a pro (I
> don't make my living making music), but the money I have made from my C
> clarinet just paid for a week in the same space as a lot of pro players
> and it was an education I never would have gotten were it not for that
> little C clarinet. It has earned it's life with me and I take very good
> care to see that it will continue to be useful. If you want to play C
> parts and sound the way the composer intended, then you need a C
> clarinet. No other clarinet has that "C" persona.
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy Buckman
> Principal Clarinet / Orchestra AACC
> eefer@-----.net
>

Bravo Nancy, the posting from David about C clarinets being a waste of
money unless one is a pro is a very uninformed perpspective, and quite
unworthy of anyone purporting to be a thinking musician.

Dan Leeson

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