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Re: Plastic clarinet vs. Wooden clarinet

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-11-26 08:35

I'm just sayin'. You can't advance on an instrument that won't allow you to accomplish simple tasks. If you're just beginning, you may not be aware of the issues but where will that point come when you realize that you are handicapped? How much damage will it do to your fundamental learning?

I helped a student during a coaching session at a high school that got a cheap Chinese clarinet off the internet......for Christmas. It was a gift of support from his parents and he was very excited about it. I did not feel it was my place to let him know what a piece of crap it was. So I let it go. A year later I did the same thing for that high school and saw the student again with a different horn. I asked as diplomatically as possible what happened to his other horn. He told me that it was broken all the time.

Lets speak to Kijoon Kim again in a year.

.............Paul Aviles

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