Posted by tuba buyers' survey on February 04, 2004 at 14:04:17:
OK,
NOT counting tubas that you may have purchased strickly for resale/curiosity, how many tubas
(numerical answer only, no brands nor stories, nor arguing about the validity of the question, please - Let's keep politics out of the responses on this thread.)
have you purchased in the past due to how it looked, or felt...or because of a recommendation, rather than how it sounded...and how many ended up being good choices at the time?
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ME?
because of a recommendation..................1 - good choice
because of how it felt to play it............2 - one bad choice / one good choice
because of how it looked.....................1 - good choice
TOTAL TUBAS (over the years) NOT PURCHASED BY ME BECAUSE OF "SOUND" DECISIONS: 4
TOTAL OF THESE THAT WORKED OUT AS GOOD TUBAS: 3