[Trombone-l] Doug Elliot

[Keith Marr]

I don't want to sound intolerant but no doubt I will because I feel I have 
to say that I'm tired of people making excuses for Doug Elliot because " 
he's a gigging musician" or some other such reason. Now we learn that he 
regards his mouthpiece making business as his priority - hmm! Well all I can 
say is to reiterate what I said earlier, which is he needs a business 
partner who can keep things flowing when he's not around.

It's worse than useless to produce the world's best mouthpieces (I use an 
LB116 on my Rath bass) if you're not going to deal with the demand that 
inevitably results from being the best.

He's created a demand from me that he fails to satisfy. I even used to 
advertise his services when I had a website. I eventually gave up trying to 
get more of the LB series for doubling about two years ago because I never 
got any responses to any form of communication.

Anyone on list near Doug prepared to offer assistance? He definitely needs 
an approach from someone.

Cheers!

Keith in Bb/F/D
Bass Trombone
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
North Herts Big Band