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Re: How many Leblanc Opus players among us?

Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2006-01-25 16:18

Mike, I bought an LX from my friend's music store (Caldwell Music Co. in Abilene, Texas) in 1990 and he told me it was the top of the line Leblanc. I kept it for about 7 years and bought a Buffet Prestige that he arranged to be hand-selected at the factory in Paris by a local clarinet professor, Dr. Raphael Sanders. I never liked the way the key-action felt on the LX, but it had a great tone. I traded it to the friend and he resold it (that was before I discovered the joys of selling them myself). I believe the bore size on the LX was slightly larger than the Prestige, but I can't remember exactly and would have to do some research to know.

When Tom Ridenour came on the scene at Leblanc things improved for them dramatically in the clarinet dept. That's when (as mentioned by William) the Concerto and Opus came onto the scene. The LX had the same inline trill key set-up as the LL, while the key design of the Concerto and Opus became more like the Buffets.

William, I just checked out the Winter 2003 copy of the Leblanc Bell magazine that features Eddie Daniels on the cover. That article says,
"Eddie was delighted to find that his new Concerto II is the acoustical twin of the original. “It has the same beautiful, warm, deep sound and lively response that I love in my original Concerto,” Eddie notes."

So, it sounds as if Eddie Daniels thinks the Concerto II is just like the Concerto as far as acoustics goes.

Here's the link to the mag.

http://www.gleblanc.com/bell/winter2003/storys/insearch.cfm

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