Klarinet Archive - Posting 000096.txt from 2009/04

From: Wayne Thompson <wthompson7274@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Contrabass Clarinet
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:01:52 -0400


Hmmm,=0ALelia Loban said, "One word of caution about the Leblanc "paperclip=
" -- I don't doubt that it's =0Aa first-rate clarinet, but people with smal=
l hands should try before they buy."=0A=0AI played a new one that Cal State=
Bakersfield bought about 5 years ago.=A0 I found the keywork clunky.=A0 So=
me difficulties are expected with something so large, of course, but it see=
med to me that it could be improved with only modest attention to ergonomic=
s.=A0 This one was an American assembled one, but I understand that the des=
ign hasn't changed=A0 for many, many years.=0A=0AThere are so many changes =
at LeBlanc, I wonder what the future of these paperclips is?=0A=0AWayne Tho=
mpson

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