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Permalink Reply by Russ Weaver on October 20, 2010 at 8:30pm

If you find one, I would be interested in both having it and putting it on the main page!

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Permalink Reply by Donald L Hofmeister on October 21, 2010 at 6:45pm

The procedure that evolved for me in the process of guiding children in the instrument fitting process is outlined
in the two part reply to Allison S Lunds inquiry about how to get students playing the lower brass instruments.
She showed much courage and effort in her search. What I did in my reply was to put the problem in a larger context and
solve it over time with various methods.

Contained within those two entries is what I did which allowed for kids to choose from the direct contact of being exposed
to the instruments in a class. Generally speaking I did not prevent any student from getting the instrument they thought they would like to play. If there were a serious physical impediment, yes I would talk with the child and the parent about it.

I have never seen a standardized interest inventory to help beginning students in they way you would like. It appears it could be a useful tool to cause some reflection for a child.

Sincerely
Don H

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