[TPIN] "Crushing A Student"

[Louis A. Spagnola]

Mike, I am THRILLED when students have Yamahas!  I think they make the BEST student instruments for the money!
I had a student who received a full scholarship to Berklee that played a Yamaha (he no longer plays a Yamaha), and another who received a full scholarship to Eastman who still plays a Yamaha.  I have the usual arsenal of pro and custom horns, but I own 2 Yamahas myself.  In fact, I recently bought the Yamaha Eric Miyashiro, and I think it's an incredible instrument.  It's not about "imports"...It's about Chinese junk.
Lou



> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:58:22 -0700> From: regstrad43 at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [TPIN] "Crushing A Student"> To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu> > I hope you are just as restrained and thoughtful when your students come in with a Yamaha, Lou.> > Mike> > ----- Original Message ----> From: Louis A. Spagnola <louspag at msn.com>> > Just for the record...I didn't embarrass MY student by telling him his horn was a piece of junk. I'm telling everyone here that the student Chinese horns on the market these days are junk. I'm not even talking about SOUND...Heck, the valves don't go up and down! Also by the way..."First Act" horns aren't on MY preferred list! I didn't want anyone to think I blew my student out of the water...> > Lou> > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search> http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz> _______________________________________________> TPIN mailing list> TPIN at tpin.okcu.edu> http://tpin.okcu.edu/mailman/listinfo/tpin