Klarinet Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 2006/10

From: "George Huba" <ghuba@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] backun barrels
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:00:41 -0400

Tom,

On the first point, you did take a statement of mine out of context. What I
was trying to say -- and maybe I did not say it as well as I could have --
is that from the standpoint of an amateur (or a student on the path), the
reason to seek a "second opinion" is sometimes to get the collective wisdom
of many pros as to whether or not a specific piece of (very expensive)
equipment may be especially useful or not -- compared to other uses for the
money -- for improving. Were a student or hobbyist in my own field to ask me
which professional tools I think she or he should purchase as opposed to
others (for the same amount of money), I would have an informed opinion
(after 30 years) as to which was best, and I would also have a second
informed opinion as to whether it was necessary to spend the money at all.
And I would also point that person toward other professionals I know have
different opinions than I do.

On the second point, if I mistakenly characterized you as a Backun artist, I
apologize. I recalled that you have characterized yourself as such in
disclaimers on the Clarinet BB and I may have recalled this incorrectly (I
did not go back and check this). Other than what I have seen in your BB
posts or emails, I have no information about any financial or other
professional arrangements you may or may not have with various equipment
developers.

George

-----Original Message-----
From: Tski1128@-----.com]
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 9:10 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] backun barrels

In a message dated 10/6/2006 10:27:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
ghuba@-----.com writes:
aftermarket equipment is often a way to LEARN
and PROGRESS faster

<SNIP>

I keep hearing I'm a "Backun" artist, but so is anyone playing Morrie's
products. I play them because, for me, I know they sound better. I also
feel they
make playing, for me, easier. Will they do that for you? I don't have a
clue.

Tom Puwalski, former soloist with the US Army Field Band, Clarinetist with

The Atonement, and Author of "The Clarinetist's Guide to Klezmer"and most
recently by the order of the wizard of Oz, for supreme intelligence, a
Masters in
Clarinet performance

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