Klarinet Archive - Posting 001269.txt from 2004/03

From: "Dallas SCUBA" <forest_aten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fun day at Festival
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:22:35 -0500

Kevin said:

> This festival took place in an affluent suburb of Seattle. About half of
> the kids played on new artist-level instruments, mostly Buffets, mostly
> R-13s. It struck me that us geezers on this list aren't Buffet's primary
> market, these kids (and their non-clarinet-playing parents) are. This
could
> explain a lot, I think.
>

Kevin,

What do think this observation explains?

I never thought of myself as an "old geezer" but what the heck. :-) I do
perform professionally on Buffet clarinets. All of the professionals in the
Dallas/Ft. Worth area (except a few professional educators) perform on
Buffet clarinets. I believe that if you interviewed these professional
players, you would find that they play Buffet clarinets because they prefer
them to other clarinets....and this based mostly on objective criteria.

Most of the secondary school players that I work with will step up to R-13s
or Festivals before they graduate high school. I take my students through a
process of selecting this instrument. I encourage them to try every
instrument they can and with Brook Mays Music in town, they have plenty of
opportunity to play as many models and brands as they like. They must
complete a survey for each instrument auditioned, based on objective critera
established before the trials begin.
99% of the students pick out a Buffet.

Forest Aten

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