Klarinet Archive - Posting 000261.txt from 2005/01

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Inquiry into bass clarinet
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:47:08 -0500

Have you checked that the mouthpiece and the bocal are fitting tightly?
A BCl can play in the bottom register with leaks here but go all haywire further
up the compass - and the higher notes are not affected equally.
Roger S.

In message <200501171338.j0HDcBK63408@-----.org writes:
> I am contemplating purchase of a used bass clarinet made by LeBlanc but need
> some help in identifying the instrument's parts. It appears that it is an
> assembly of two different instruments...I believe that both were out on
> rentals and opposite joints of the originals were damaged beyond repair,
> hence this instrument. (The instrument in question has been offered to me,
> by a music store, at a price that might make it reasonable to overhaul.)
>
> The only identifying marks are these:
>
> Grenadilla wood body for upper and lower joints
>
> Low Eb mechanism
>
> Top joint s/n 7964
>
> Bottom joint s/n 5891
>
> There is a mark "92" in the receiver for the tuning neck
>
> G. Leblanc logo is on upper joint only, however keywork for both joints
> appears similar
>
> Any ideas on:
>
> - in what year each joint was made
> - what model the instrument is, and whether both joints are from the same
> model
> - anything else I should look for to help authenticate/identify the
> instrument
>
> Playability: instrument sounds fine in chalumeaux except right and left-hand
> Eb/Bb are fuzzy. Crossing the break only works sporadically and I suspect
> either leaking pads, maladjusted bridge, or maladjusted register mechanism.
>
> No cracks. Some plating wear on the keys and bell, no real dents in the
> bell. Small chip in the lower tenon where it joins the bell.
>
> Anything else I should look for?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Kumpf
> dkumpf@-----.com
>
>
>
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