I apologise for my outburst.
None of the comments or remarks were aimed at anyone here.
They were gripes in general based on personal experience.
I shall now put myself in time out.
I was about to drop you a PM, but I couldn't have said it better than Gandalfe.
Besides, and honestly, in our daily life we're used to the occasional use of increased volume, and our families keep us used to controversies. No big deal. Let's get over it.
On the brighter side, and ever so slightly back to topic, I finished a wooden Vito this evening, one I picked up for some 20-odd bucks at a cyber yard sale. OMFG, what a horn! It's the second sweetest instrument in my humble collection and it plays like a dream.
(Plus, along the same lines, I, well, uhm, found a Bundy-designed-by-Bach Cornet for less than $10, cleaned and lubricated it, gave it to our band's cornetist for a test honk which fared favourably. Then the 1st trumpet trotted along and more or less confiscated the instrument over the weekend. I'm not sure I'll see it again...)
So the next one badmouthing student instruments will get at least a stern look accompanied by some coarse language. :geezer2: