Klarinet Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 2007/09

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] What to do with horns of famous players
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:32:54 -0400

Dan,

It is funny, as I know you well know, that no one debates the worth of
gifting a Stradivarious string instrument to a young student. I guess
the potential for blowout/wear out magically disappears once the worth
passes the sixth digit place!

My thought is that in all the music schools in this world there must be
plenty of students who are worthy of these instruments and are not able
to afford quality instruments otherwise. It would seem better to gift
the instruments to the school for use by the worthy student and then
instruct them to continue to do their best to find future worthy
students as each receipting graduates or purchases their own instrument.
Some unworthy miscreants might have the opportunity to play them, but I
suspect this would be a rare occurrence at any remotely reputable school
. Certainly there are plenty of wonderful college students who own a
quality Bb but not a quality A.

I doubt anyone at Curtis is in dire need of them, but you never know.
Perhaps a college near his place of birth? Perhaps a youth orchestra?

-Adam
http://www.michlinmusic.com

Daniel Leeson wrote:
[...]
> What would you suggest be done? (And that is not a sneering comment. I'm
> looking for good advice for McGinnin's daughter.) She does not want to sell
> them for whatever they are worth. She wants to honor her father in some
> measurable way. And your suggestion of historical preservation is nothing
> less than putting them in a museum for people to look at while they
> detiorate further.
>

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