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Re: Gearheads

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-08-03 05:29

If there is serious interest, THE BEST is a professional line instrument. Those are around four grand. You don't have to buy some exotic custom instrument for fifteen thousand, just a professional level (and professionally set up) horn.

Yes there are good student line horns or used horns that are a good value. But I've seen some disasters out there like the $200 Chinese horns (new and the photos look good) that have poor intonation, are almost impossible to service due to poor fundamental mechanics. Or there were even $80 Walmart clarinets (hopefully those are not out there anymore) that had glued in posts and springs that were virtually non-adjustable. Someone might think you may have something there that's ok for a rank beginner and that would be like putting a teenager going into driver's training into an old clunker car with the transmission just about to fall out. I don't think anyone would want that.

And by the way, when we (of the Board) talk about "music" there are so many different opinions and many many more subjective off ramps that I personally prefer to render judgements on ligatures.

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

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