Klarinet Archive - Posting 001060.txt from 2003/04

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Remarkable Similarity.....
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:46:36 -0400

A few years ago I remember hearing that the Yamaha student bass was being
made by Leblanc. I don't know if they had some type of reciprocal
arrangement or if there were other business reasons.

Ed

> From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:06:34 -0400
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Remarkable Similarity.....
>
> Last night I was working on a Vito (plastic) bass clarinet. Tonight I am
> working on a Yamaha YCL-220 U.S.A bass clarinet.
>
> Anyway, does anybody know why these two brand/models are so similar? Does
> LeBlanc make them for Yamaha? Did Yamaha hire a spy and steal the blueprints
> from a locked safe in Racine? I'd like to know.
>
> Walter Grabner
> www.clarinetxpress.com
> bass clarinet repairs and mouthpieces
>

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