Klarinet Archive - Posting 000296.txt from 1998/06

From: "Sherry Katz" <slkatz@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Normandy Clarinet
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:26:43 -0400

> It may very well be a Leblanc Normandy. The new Normandy's only have
>Leblanc spelled out in small block letters below the Normandy logo. I
>believe that the older one's had no mention of Leblanc on them. I used to
>sit by a player who played an OLD Normandy that had no other identifying
>marks on it; but it was a Leblanc. Check the trill keys; if it has in-line
>trill keys than it is almost certainly a Leblanc; since that mechanism is
>patented by them. The Normandy's that I have played play extremely well
for
>thier price range; but are still IMHO, nothing more than a step-up student
>horn.
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My first clarinet, many years ago, was a Normandy, no mention of LeBlanc.
Even though it was old, it had in-line trill keys. It was a good, but not
great, student instrument. Personally, for $300 I'd rather have a new
Yamaha YCL-20, plastic or not. The sound is better, the key work is better,
it weighs less, and its new. You can march with it too.

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