Klarinet Archive - Posting 001057.txt from 1997/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Endorsements
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 16:48:46 -0500

At 11:05 AM 12/24/97 EST, you wrote:
>
>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?
>
I have no problem with people switching endorsements because they find
something they like better. In fact, I would be disappointed if they did
NOT switch. I can even understand certain endorsements for products not
used, if they are not appropriate for that particular player, but may be
for students or others with specific needs (like endorsing a certain
student-line clarinet, for example). As for the others, of course I know
it happens. But it dilutes the power of endorsements to know that some are
bogus. To endorse strictly for the money is prostitution.

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