Re: Thinking outside the box


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Posted by Joe Baker on March 11, 2003 at 08:47:57:

In Reply to: Thinking outside the box posted by hiram diaz on March 10, 2003 at 19:47:05:

An opinion:

Remember that underwear commercial where all the guys in the locker room see Michael Jordan pull out red undies, so the next day THEY are all wearing red undies? Let's face it, we ALL want to 'be like Mike'.

There are world class tuba players whose instruments are lacquered, silver and bare brass, and there are wanna-bes whose instruments are lacquered, silver or bare brass.

World class euph players are (or were) in military bands, where bare brass is not an option. So when euph players go to see their euph idols, they are seeing a horn that is silver or lacquered, and that's what they want to emulate.

This is analogous, IMHO, to attitudes toward front-valve euphs and (to a lesser degree) top-valve tubas.

Joe Baker, who wants a pickup truck just like the President's.


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