Klarinet Archive - Posting 000337.txt from 2002/02

From: Donna Higgins <donna@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] LeBlanc Eternite
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:05:31 -0500

As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm looking to upgrade my A
clarinet. Tomorrow afternoon I'm driving down to the big Chuck Levin's
store near D.C. to try out some instruments. The person I spoke with on
the telephone this morning said they had several new LeBlanc Eternite A
clarinets, with leather double case, for $975 a piece. The explanation
was that they had purchased some inventory very cheaply at a bankruptcy
sale, hence the low sale price.

This is setting off my "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably
is" alarm, but perhaps I'm being paranoid. How long ago did LeBlanc
stop selling the Eternite? (And yes, I searched the klarinet archives,
and Googled on "Eternite clarinet" with no helpful results from either
source. I also checked the LeBlanc web site, but there's no mention of
it that I could find).

Presumably if these are new instruments, they've been sitting around
somewhere for awhile. Is this a reason to exclude these instruments
from consideration? Is there any other reason I shouldn't at least try
them out?

Thanks!

- Donna

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