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My New Bb Leblanc LL : )

Author: sinkdraiN
Date: 2005-04-28 12:15

My Leblanc LL had a stuffy D and C and my "big name" and expencive repair tech merely improved the problem. I called him to see if he could improve it further and he didnt seem all that confident and I wasn't willing to pay such a high price for service that "might" work.

I began playing other clarinets (r13, signature, csg, sev) but prefered the tone of my LL. Those stuffy notes just were driving me crazy! I got lots of excellent posts from you guys describing possible causes.

...so as a last resort I took my LL to my local music store repairman (who works for beer!) with a print out of the posts you wrote about fixing the stuffy notes. He was humble but open to trying anything you guys wrote.

Now the stuffy notes are gone and I have a clarinet I love! I spent $350 with the other guy who only improved the stuffiness. Yesterday a 6 pack completely cured it!!! He made the pad heights a little higher and coned off the cork pads.

I can give back this Yamaha SEV I was thinking about buying.

THANK YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!! GordonNZ, you were most helpful

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