Author: lrooff
Date: 2009-10-10 13:09
Another way to answer the question might be to research the number of clarinets sold each year worldwide, multiply by the estimated use-life according to manufacturers, and then find a way to make a good guess at how many of those instruments are actually played and not spending all their time on the floor of the closet.
Using the number of players in a local school band is too "iffy", as it assumes that the instrument has the same popularity in all schools or that all schools have similar music programs. What we would find is that, in many countries, the schools don't even have music programs or that the music programs don't include traditional western band music and instrumentation.
Of course, as someone else pointed out, it's really first necessary to define what is meant by "play the clarinet." 1) Are we looking at a specific degree of proficiency? 2) Does it mean people who are actively playing now, or just people who know how to play a clarinet whether they do so or not? I think that the best way to answer the question of how many people play the clarinet (or any other instrument) would be to conduct a random poll with a sample of sufficient size. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to find that it's already been done by an instrument manufacturer, as it's in their own interests to know.
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