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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000088.txt from 1998/02

From: bill.fogle@-----.com (Fogle, Bill)
Subj: More about my Leblanc (was "Noblet")
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:29:34 -0500

In response to the notes below about Leblanc/Noblet "stuffiness," my
experience has been just the opposite. But my Leblanc is about 23 years
old. My Leblanc L7 is a clarinet that has captured my imagination and my
thoughts (as well as a hell of alot of my playing time) lately. This
Leblanc has a very (look away, Dan!) "woody," very clear timbre, and is
**extremely flexible**. I just can't say how very, very EASY it is to
produce legato and pianissimo on this old instrument!!!!! The clarinet is
so "easy" to play. I imagine Leblanc began to build more and more clarinets
that were attempts at the R-13, with all the "darkness" and
polycylindricality, etc. But in the Jimmy Carter era, Leblanc built a
beautiful, smooth, FLEXIBLE, fascinating clarinet.
Bill Fogle
Washington, DC
bill.fogle@-----.com
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> From: Matthew Hanson <mchanson@-----.com>

> I do, however, feel that Leblanc instruments can at times play a bit
> stuffy. I have several Noblet clarinets in various keys and really like
> them a lot, aside from their occasional stuffiness. I have heard many
> people say while comparing Leblancs to Buffets that the Leblanc horns
> are often a bit difficult to "get them to do what you want them to do"
> in terms of playing flexibility. For others, they are just fine.