Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 2004/12

From: Cricket <RedPepper@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] History of two old clarinets - old leblanc
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 17:14:46 -0500

This does indeed sound like what it is. I have described it in more
detail to you Don.

Lorraine

In message <010101c4db31$c594cbc0$6601a8c0@ABACUS>, DWH
<dwh46@-----.net> writes
>That's what I figured, Bill. But as I read your post I realized something
>funny...well, to me, at least. I worked in a music store for twelve years,
>and saw a couple of Leblancs with this mechanism, as well as a couple of
>Selmer Signets with the Mazzeo mechanism. The funny thing is I never took
>time to play any of them, to compare or just see what they are like.
>Were/are there advantages in either system compared to a standard clarinet?
>
>Don Hatfield
>
>
>> On a Leblanc, it is probably a Stubbins mechanism, sort of a miniature
>> version of what is commonly used on bass clarinets.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Hausmann
>
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