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Re: Re[2]: Smith & Watkins cornets

It strikes me that certain people on this list who feel the need to argue
and bicker about mouthpieces, relationships ,instruments, NAME DROPPING
etc, etc, are possibley alittle to sad and wound up in there own little
worlds to even contemplate finding someone equally sad enough to form any
kind of lasting relationship with.
JS

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> From: Guy Clark <gclark@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Smith & Watkins cornets
> Date: 07 May 1998 17:10
> 
> Hey!
> 
> I don't think that that response was "petty".  In fact, it was (IMHO)
right
> on the mark!  ONe's equipment choice is a very personal one, much like
> chosing a friend or lover. 
> 
>  For example, years ago, when the Illinois Brass Band first started, I
> realized that I'd need a cornet, or a cornet-like instrument.  Being a
> symphony trumpet player primarily, (especially at that time), I was
> concerned about spending money on an instrument that I would use in an
> entirely volunteer group, whose longevety was in question (as I suppose
all
> new groups are).  
> 
> To that end, I remembered seeing a Yamaha rotary valve C trumpet for sale
> at a local shop, some 9 months earlier.  I went in and sure enough, there
> it was.  I tried it and fell in love with it!  The shop proprietor told
me
> that it had been there almost a year, and lots of people had tried it,
but
> I was the first to actually like it.
> 
> "Like it"?!  It's the best trumpet I've ever played!  Now, of course,
> playing principal cornet in a brass band, transposing on a C instrument
is
> a lot of work, so I eventually bought a Getzen cornet, and like it very
> much, but the point of this story is that one's equipment must fit the
> user, no matter what anyone else thinks.  It's the sound that matters.
> 
> Ok?
> 
> Guy Clark
> princpal cornet, Illinois Brass Band (on leave)
> co-principal trumpet Redwood (CA) Symphony Orchestra
> etc...
> 
> ----------
> > From: Janet Lewis <admjl1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re[2]: Smith & Watkins cornets
> > Date: Thursday, May 07, 1998 4:35 AM
> > 
> >      Is this kind of comment really what the list is about.  Can't 
> >      people ask for honest opinions without being belittled.
> > 
> >      This was a valid question which didn't warrant the petty response 
> >      below.
> > 
> >      Janet Lewis
> >      Flugel Horn
> >      Besses o' th' Barn
> > 
> > 
> > ______________________________ Reply Separator
> _________________________________
> > Subject: Re: Smith & Watkins cornets
> > Author:  <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> at smtpgate
> > Date:    06-05-98 22:12
> > 
> > 
> > should i marry 26yo 5'1" redhead who has a great smile? Has anyone on
the
> list 
> > had any experience with one or know of anyone who has? 
> > 
> > Stupid question isn't it! Like all the cornet players who play Dennis
> Wick 
> > m'pieces so they'll sound like so'n so. 
> > 
> > Instrument choice is very personal, just like the person you have
married
> or 
> > want to marry. 
> > ---
> > Ima
> > 
> 
> 
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