Cloned Horns?

[pgym]

(Rule 2 is an excellent guide for those who can act without worry what anyone else thinks, but when your future happiness depends on someone who doesn't like it, it just isn't worth it. Peace with the teacher is worth the extra one or two or three thousand dollars.)

A teacher who is so petty and immature that he or she going make your life miserable because of the make or brand of horn you play, he or she is not worth studying with. Period.

[The Big Ben]

...just about time for more random political comments...

Did you guys know that Chinese instruments are made by COMMUNISTS?

[bort]

Make sure your tuba has a birth certificate. Or, at least a good fake.

[Aaron Tindall]

Thank you everyone for your advice to an incoming student of mine. While some of the opinions on here are worthwhile, others are downright assertive that I do not have the best interest of my student and the horn that he purchases at heart.

I don't appreciate comments such as "A teacher who is so petty and immature that he or she going make your life miserable because of the make or brand of horn you play, he or she is not worth studying with. Period."

This could not be farther from the truth. I do not require my students to play on one make/brand or model instrument in my studio, but instead merely one that works, is not going to fall apart, plays in tune with itself, and can get the student to where he or she needs/wants to go in their future. I have played many clone models at clinics/conferences and have found that they are not what I would suggest to my students to buy/purchase for their playing needs. End of story.

While at IU Mr. P required us as a studio to stay off of Tubenet because of the worthlessness of the majority of the chatter on here. Some of the responses, and attitudes of this post are exactly why I encourage my present kids to not converse on this forum, and only take what they read with a grain of salt.

[Michael Bush]

I'm not so sure anyone meant any of that talk about tension with teachers to be about you in particular.

Some people have experienced conflict with teachers. It would have been preferable not to have gone through those experiences. That's all.