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Author: surferpenguin
Date: 2003-06-27 01:51
I recently bought a LeBlanc Sonata. I am very happy with this clarinet, but I was wondering if anyone has any comments about this particular model, or LeBlancs in general. Any hints, tips, comments, whatever, are very much appreciated.
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Author: diz
Date: 2003-06-27 02:01
Leblancs - beautiful instruments - they are in the same league as their Buffet or Selmer cousins. I've played on a Concerto before - I like them, personally, because I find their overall intonnation very pleasing.
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Author: leonardA
Date: 2003-06-27 04:54
I have a Leblanc Noblet, which I think is the model under the Sonata, and I'm very pleased with the tone and key action.
Leonard
Post Edited (2003-06-27 05:00)
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Author: William
Date: 2003-06-27 15:07
The LeBlanc Sonata is the accoustical twin of its "big pro brothers", the Concerto and the Opus models--this info according to Tom Ridenour who designed the three models for Leblanc in the early ninties. In other words (his also), they play the same--only the keywork is different (same wood, same bore demensions and same undercutting)
Noblet clarinets are made by the Noblet Company which is currently owned by LeBlanc, so they are really a separate brand of instrument. They have always enjoyed their own reputation for being "good."
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Author: icecoke12
Date: 2003-06-29 03:33
Hi
Just being curious... Can you take a peep inside the top half of the bore in the upper segment of your clarinet and see if its polished as smoothly as the rest of the bore?
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Author: surferpenguin
Date: 2003-06-29 03:58
Hello! I did as you asked, and as far as I could tell, it seemed to me that the whole upper-joint bore was not as well polished as the rest of the bore. Of course this is just my inexperienced eye, but that was what I concluded. Hope this information suits you.
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Author: icecoke12
Date: 2003-06-29 17:14
Hihi again
Yes... I realised the same thing in my Leblanc concerto too.... I wonder if there's any reason why its not polished like buffet instruments?
Will dirt or anything accumulate there over the years?
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Author: William
Date: 2003-07-01 17:00
When Tom Ridenour was at LeBlanc, one of his duties (after designing the Concerto/Opus instruments) was to play-check the newly assembled instruments in the Kenosha plant before they were shipped out to dealers and other professionals. Often, he would have to correct shrinkage in the upper joint by hand reaming the upper bore with an auger to return it to design specifications. He augered the bore on both my Concerto A & Bb clarinets--as well as many other postproduction accoustical adjustment (undercutting, rounding chimney tops, etc). When the top of the bore is reamed in this manner, it loses it brightness and appears dull. Perhaps that is what you are seeing.
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Author: Wes
Date: 2003-07-01 17:42
Yes, I also observed that a Concerto clarinet, new from a store in Michigan, had the top half of the upper joint unpolished. I polished the bore and it played very well, sounding somewhat like an R13. Good luck!
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Author: icecoke12
Date: 2003-07-02 17:22
Ok.. I see.
But how do you polish the bore?
Is it advisible to do it myself at home?
Thanks!
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