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So now we need an instrument

Author: madvax
Date: 2004-12-15 23:02

I found the following article interesting and thought I would share:

http://www.the-leader.com/articles/2004/12/10/4youth/youth02.txt

Enjoy

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Re: So now we need an instrument

Author: GBK
Date: 2004-12-15 23:15

Exactly the same thing we've been saying on this bulletin board and elsewhere for the past few years...GBK

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Re: So now we need an instrument

Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2004-12-16 02:42

Is it true that Costco has decided to suspend sale of these ISOs? I hadn't heard that.

Susan

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Re: So now we need an instrument

Author: jjclarinet
Date: 2004-12-17 14:14

I once had a new student who (on sax) in his first lesson was having a hard time playing, but seemed quite talented and quick to pick up what I was working on with him.

So I tried the instrument - o my gawd did it leak big time!!!! It had several leaks and was basically unplayable.

So he takes the sax to the local store to get it fixed and gets a loaner horn. Comes to the lesson with the loaner horn and still has the same troubles. At that point I assumed that the problems were with the player and not as much the instrument - until I tried that one too.

It leaked just as much!!!!

So when he finally had the lesson with his instrument fixed, he suddenly turned from a pretty poor player to a very good player.

Huuuuge difference.

I compare the instrument quality to my students to trying to run track with ripped, flappy sneakers.

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