Klarinet Archive - Posting 000991.txt from 1997/12

From: Hat NYC 62 <HatNYC62@-----.com>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #528
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 16:44:57 -0500

In a message dated 12/24/97 1:45:39 AM, you wrote:

<<I hate to think that people are so amoral that they would endorse a product
of which they did not approve, regardless of the money. They must at least
LIKE the product, and use it at least some of the time (like in live
performance but not recording). >>

Oh Please. It does happen. I remember Stanley Drucker doing Leblanc ads years
ago. To my knowledge, he never played one (he certainly doesn't now). There's
also a major clarinetist currently doing an ad for a certain plastic barrel. I
asked one on his colleagues if he used the thing. . .the answer was no.

Some musicians change their endorsements constantly. Eddie Daniels happens to
be an example, but he does play the products. He has been a Yamaha, Buffet AND
Leblanc clarinetist EXCLUSIVELY. He was wonderful on all of them, of course.
Other musicians have done similar things. They happen to find a new instrument
of a new brand they like, and because of their clout, they endorse! Why not?