Klarinet Archive - Posting 000564.txt from 2005/06

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Buffet catalog
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:02:15 -0400

When Buffet hires me to write an intelligent catalog you will see
how it should be written. Until then, you will have to wonder
how it might be done.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Ormondtoby Montoya [mailto:ormo2ndtoby@-----.net]
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:48 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Buffet catalog

Dan wrote:

> The addition of four low semitones to a
> soprano clarinet does not make it a low
> clarinet.

Agreed. I don't think there is any room for argument.

But.... is it possible that there wasn't enough room on the page
for one
more instrument --- especially since a basset clarinet deserves
three
times as many glorious adjectives as any other clarinet?

Dan, I ask the following *not* as a challenge:

I think nearly all of us dismiss those adjectives as meaningless,
but it
does raise the issue: What _would_ you say in a catalog in order
to
inform customers of the differences between models of
approximately the
same quality but different bores, intonations, etc --- keeping in
mind
that few dealers are willing to (or capable of) stocking all the
choices
for a number of different brands --- and assuming that your goal
is to
deliver information (because some other area of the catalog can
describe
Buffet's dedication to excellence, endorsements, understanding of
acoustics, customer service, etc)?

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