On 3/11/2011 7:42 p.m., Ulrich Joosten wrote:
Dear list,
didn't someone propose tho discuss this topic on a special luthier list ?
I do not want to offend anybody. In the past 35 years a lot of
qualified instrument makers worked hard to develop modern instruments
that really SOUND like a "real instrument" I hate the idea of some
enthusiastic amateurs proudly presenting their newly tinkered gurdy
with a horrible sound...
Well said! No offence taken. The idea of all those amateur players
banging out screechy old tunes and annoying everyone is anathema to
*real* musicians with*real* instruments even if they are just carrying
on a thousand year old folk tradition and enjoying themselves to boot.
What right do they think they have spoiling it for real musicians? I
think I must go and destroy my home made gurdy and perhaps even enter a
monastry and do penance. What on earth was I thinking?
Well done! You have have redefined snobbery for me. This is exactly the
attitude that has raised such ire in many beginners.
Regards, TonyNZ
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