Klarinet Archive - Posting 001217.txt from 1999/05

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] clarinet choice? DON'T BUY A NEW ONE!
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 02:23:53 -0400

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
> > If any of the four in
> > Chicago endorse one but play regularly - not on an occasional gig -
a
> > different clarinet, I think that we and the sponsor should know
about
> > it, especially after a statement like this. I couldn't find J.
Laurie
> > Bloom's or Greg Smith's name on the Buffet Artists' page
>
> Why don't you make a phone call to Phyllis at Buffet and make it
official
> rather than say, gee....I couldn't find it in the literature. That
would
> make it official.

Because it's 11:15 PM, they're closed, and at least I tried to verify
your statement. The clarinetists listed on their site are:
NICK BRIGNOLA
RUSSELL DAGON
ROBERT DILUTIS
MITCHELL ESTRIN
BEVERLY GIBSON
BILLY KERR
JON MANASSE
DAVID MARTINS
BILL PRINCE
HARRY SKOLER
ROBERT SPRING
STEPHEN REESE WILLIAMSON
CHARLES WEST
ANDREW FIRTH

> > (http://www.boosey.com/mi/artists/buffetart.html) so I don't really
know
> > if they are official endorsees - we're talking financial gain here.
If I
> > remember correctly, I was told that Buffet artists get free
clarinets
> > and service, but very little in the way of real money. I could have
> > been lied to, of course ...
>
> Not only are you speculating, you are making a fool of yourself. Name
the
> free clarinets I have recieved Mark......or did you think otherwise?

What are you talking about? I have asked and received that answer from
Buffet - I specifically asked Francois that question. I wondered what
the artists' got for endorsing the clarinets. I don't really care about
what _you_ get. Maybe there are different levels of endorsing.

> > I _am_ asking the question as posed above. Who is endorsing for
> > financial gain only?
>
> I endorese not only because I respect the product, I can play it
> professionally and do so. What do you do other than make allegations
> based on hearsay?

Roger, you must be getting tired. You're messing up a thread miserably.
Alvin said I should ask a question. I am. Who's endorsing clarinets for
financial gain only. I'm limiting it to the symphony orchestras
mentioned by Alvin. Last I looked you weren't playing in one of those
symphony orchestras..

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