"Bruce J. Richman" wrote in message
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I was "trained" well enough to be able to make some money playing in dance
bands when I was in college. So, one could say, I was a "trained
musician".
But, I was certainly no Pete Fountain, Benny Goodman, Eddie Daniels, etc.
And
even as a young trained musician, I could certainly tell the difference
sonically between my teacher's "older" Paris-edition Selmer B-flat
clarinet or
his Buffet clarinet, and the more "modern", but much less refined (or
expensive) clarinet that I played.


I still have my 1958 Buffet Crampon, Evette Schaffer Bb.