Posted by guy on August 26, 2003 at 13:14:23:
In Reply to: Play-testing "In the Hall" posted by dp on August 26, 2003 at 09:47:56:
I played a [brand X] tuba in [the hall] and received comments from some unsolicited comments from the principal and third horn players pretty much stating that I shouldn't buy that tuba. They said the sound of that instrument didn't carry properly. I was puzzled by their comments, as from my perspective the tuba [brand X] seemed to perform quite well.
I thought those comments were puzzling until I stumbled across a far superior instrument that was almost identical in size and style, though a completely different brand.
The same horn players came over to me (after trying out that superior tuba on another concert years later) and just said "wow".
I bought the tuba, and am profoundly pleased.]
The brands and models aren't important. I'm not qualified to recommend tubas for other professionals to buy.
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The point, though, is that sometimes we should indeed digest the observations of other known "good listeners" and seriously weigh them in with our own.