Klarinet Archive - Posting 000338.txt from 2006/10

From: Steve Boardman <sboardman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Leblanc/ Backun clarinets
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:54:43 -0500

Hi Nancy,

Information, including prices, about all three Leblanc-Backun clarinet
models is now on the WWBW website. From your review and the prices, they
certainly sound like stiff competition for Buffet.

When you played the horns, did you notice any key noises? One of the
reasons I went with Buffet rather than Leblanc a few years ago was that
although I loved the intonation and playability of the Leblancs, I
couldn't stand the clicking of the keys. Hopefully, they have solved
that problem.

Steve

Nancy Buckman wrote:

> Hi Blake,
>
> Conn-Selmer had an "un-veiling" at Roberto's on W.46th. The whole
> second floor was turned into a showroom. The bar was open and people
> just walked in, drank, ate and played away. It was a two day event
> last Friday and Saturday.
>
> Nancy
>
>
> At 03:59 PM 10/23/2006, you wrote:
>
>> Nancy,
>>
>> Where did you try them in New York? Was there a conference or
>> something?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> JBA
>>
>>
>>> From: Nancy Buckman <eefer@-----.net>
>>> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>>> Subject: RE: [kl] Leblanc/ Backun clarinets
>>> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:31:16 -0400
>>>
>>> For the enquiring minds:
>>>
>>> I apologize. I hit the send key without checking the address. The
>>> message was supposed to go directly to Terry. In addition to his
>>> request for what I thought was amazing about these instruments, he
>>> asked for information on pricing and where he could try them. I was
>>> going to give Terry my reasons when I receive the sales information
>>> he requested. I sent the original post that I had tried at a time
>>> when I didn't have enough time to elaborate. I thought people might
>>> like to know that the instruments are forthcoming and that they are
>>> everything that has been said they would be.
>>> The answers have arrived so I will include them all in this post.
>>>
>>> What I found so amazing about the new instruments is that they
>>> responded to my every request from them. They came out of the cases
>>> and were put on the table. No adjustments were made to them.
>>> People just picked them up and they all played. I was there for
>>> many hours and they played as well at the end of the day as they did
>>> when they came out of the cases (after many people had handled them
>>> each). And this was true of the cheapest model to the most
>>> expensive model. Pitch was excellent from end to end. Response
>>> from note to note is even. I could easily make large interval leaps
>>> with no difficulty, something I usually am not very good at.
>>> Dynamic ability is unequalled in my opinion. I could play so softly
>>> without effort that I could only be heard by sitting within a foot
>>> or two of the instrument in a quiet room and that was from the
>>> lowest note to the highest. Articulation is very easy, with
>>> adequate resistance, but not so much as to make the instrument hard
>>> to play (just right, as Goldilocks would say). The keywork is
>>> exquisite. On the two more expensive models, some of the keywork is
>>> adjustable. There is also a C#/G# trill extension which is convenient.
>>> And best of all, the key rings fit my small fingers (so my fingers
>>> don't fall through the rings). I play a Selmer 10S A clarinet in
>>> orchestra and am always having to wear finger cots to keep my
>>> fingers from slipping through the rings. I have a latex allergy and
>>> this presents a real difficulty for me.
>>>
>>> So there is my impression of the new clarinets. If it sounds like a
>>> sales pitch, well then call it what you will. In my opinion, there
>>> is nothing on the market at the moment to equal them, unless you pay
>>> a lot more than you will pay for these instruments.
>>>
>>> The Cadenza model, which is the cheapest, has no competition. At
>>> @$1600, nothing Yamaha, Selmer or Buffet has in their lines plays as
>>> well, IMO.
>>> The Symphonie, at @$3000, I like better than anything any of the big
>>> three offer and feel it is the best of the three models for the
>>> money. The Legacy, which is the flagship model, is very nice. But
>>> at @$6000 I don't feel the differences between the middle and top
>>> models warrants such a huge increase in price. As for where to try
>>> them, WWBW will have them in stock within a few weeks and you can
>>> try them there.
>>>
>>> Nancy
>>>
>>> Nancy Buckman
>>> Orchestra AACC
>>> Opera AACC
>>> Baltimore Flute Choir
>>> eefer@-----.net
>>>
>>>
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> Nancy Buckman
> Orchestra AACC
> Opera AACC
> Baltimore Flute Choir
> eefer@-----.net
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