Some of the contents of the pages on this site are Copyright © 2016 NJH Music | [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Re[2]: Smith & Watkins cornets
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 > -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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