Klarinet Archive - Posting 000374.txt from 2006/10

From: "Gregory Smith" <gregory@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: New LeBlanc by Backun Clarinets
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:16:16 -0500

I'm all for revolutions but:

The most important question in this discussion seems to be overlooked in
regard to the quality of these new instruments both now and in the future.

**Has anyone tried these new clarinets from an actual production line where
they will inevitably be made? Or are these pre-production specimens?**

As every manufacturer is well aware, the production line will be where the
true degree of both quality and consistency are determined.

Gregory Smith

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> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:47:22 -0400
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: Nancy Buckman <eefer@-----.net>
> Subject: New Leblanc by Backun Clarinets
> Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.2.20061022153746.025e8720@-----.net>
>
> I was in NY on Friday to try the new Leblanc clarinets designed by Morrie
> Backun. In a word, they are amazing. I watched as some of the finest
> players in clarinetdom came to check them out (and subsequently buy
> them). They are everything they have been touted to be. The revolution
> has started.
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy Buckman
> Orchestra AACC
> Opera AACC
> Baltimore Flute Choir
> eefer@-----.net

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