Johannes Gerber--complaints

[ProfessorZeek]

Well, I recently received my refaced Otto Link and Bilger sopranos from Johannes.

They each sound fantastic, with the type of sound I had asked for--dark for the otto, cutting for the Bilger. Exactly right on the money.

So, what's the complaint?

Well, before I sent off these mouthpieces, I was basically going to write off playing sopranos. I only had a Yani and figured I either was no good on soporano or the Yani was no good. Now, I have to go out and buy new horns to complement my new mouthpieces.

Oh, also I can't put my soprano down now and spend lots of time with it, ignoring my family and girlfriend. That's also a problem.

I have already put a favorable review about Johannes on the alto mps section--he had already refaced a couple of altos. The guy is just amazing. His mouthpieces make so so horns sound fantastic. I can scarcely put down my USD300 Handcraft after getting my refaced alto Meyer from Johannes. He really solved a lot of my gear issues.

So, save yourself USD5K--don't get the Mark VI and get your mps refaced instead with Johannes for less than USD100 (I forget the price but it's somewhere around there and worth every penny).

[sopsax]

cklee:

Glad to hear that your experience with Johannes Gerber was great. He's been universally praised here on SOTW, and I look forward some day to experiencing one of his mouthpieces or refacing jobs myself. Which is why I was astonished to see a thread entitled "Johannes Gerber--complaints."

To the person reading your post, it's clear that your intent was humorous/ironic. However, somebody simply scanning thread titles could be left with the erroneous impression that the quality of Mr. Gerber's service was poor.

It's been said before -- humor is tricky to pull off in text messaging. So much room for misinterpretation.

I think you may have inadvertently done JG's reputation a bit of harm. Would you agree that it might be worth asking the moderator whether the thread title could be changed to something less misleading?

[ProfessorZeek]

Moderator,

Please, change title to "Johannes Gerber, Commendations!", if possible.

Johannes, sorry for the unintended effects. You know I love your work.

Thanks!