Klarinet Archive - Posting 000338.txt from 2002/02

From: "mlmarmer" <mlmarmer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] LeBlanc Eternite
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:08:43 -0500

Donna,

Chuck Levin's has a good reputation in the music business. I believe Mrs.
Levin still runs the place. They been around for a long time. They were in
DC and moved to Wheaton, MD in 1968.

I still have my original receipt from them for my Buffet R13 clarinet at
$395.00 in 1970! I had a problem with some cracking on the wood and they
got Buffet to completely replace the piece, not pinned.

Hopefully, you will do well with the clarinets they have for you to look at.
Let us know how things went at Levin's.

Mike Marmer
Germantown, MD

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Higgins" <donna@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] LeBlanc Eternite

> 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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