Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2019-09-30 06:52
Paul, I agree with you in that there is certainly various amounts of "ad hype" to any ad for clarinets, ligatures, reeds, bells, barrels, mouthpieces, etc. That, to me, is to be expected. However, the "integrity" of the seller, IMO, plays a crucial amount of validity to what is being advertised and, IMO, there are only a few who fall into that very high integrity category.
As to the "advanced student" saga, it's just my opinion, but this "advanced student" should have noticed almost immediately the intonation problem with the expensive barrel. I simply don't understand how he or she could have missed it.
Now, as to Backun simply giving a bunch of barrels to one of his customers for them to try...from my view point, that certainly looks like plain, old, poor customer service to me. However, again, I don't know all of the details. My gut tells me that Brad Behn would never do anything like that. He probably would be asking a fair amount of questions before sending off anything.
Interesting thread...
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