Klarinet Archive - Posting 000210.txt from 2011/01

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Question about "Professional" clarinets
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:57:19 -0500


On 20 Jan 2011, at 15:41, Tony Pay wrote:
>
> ... that said, Baines only says that he played simple system, not _why_
> he played it ...
Oh, I didn't mean that bit. I meant the bit about the days are past when you could play what instrument you liked, and that managements tell you what to do.
If you're a member of an orchestra, you can play what instrument you like -- if you can play it.
Tony

Tony 1) re Pat Ryan
His comment to me when I played in an Octet with him Liverpool 1950's
2) I was told this by Kevin Murphy when I was able to buy a Peter Eaton at a bargain price because his ex-pupil was told on entering RCM that this was the case and that therefore he had to buy specific instrument (a Buffet I think) if he hoped ever to get a job. You forget that, while your reputation is such that you could probably get a position in whatever orchestra you chose, this is not the same for a starting professional. I have heard, from reliable sources, too many stories of sections being told to play a specific instrument to disbelieve that what I said was untrue.
Martin

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