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 Re: Morrie Backun/ Leblanc clarinet
Author: L. Omar Henderson 
Date:   2006-04-10 22:40

(Disclaimer - I am maker of the Forte' Bb and C clarinets)
I enjoy this thread and the many fascinating stories but my pragmatic side must come to fore and indicate that at the moment we are putting forward conjecture without facts on the new LeBlanc instrument. I respect Julian but he too has not seen or played the production model.

From my own personal experience it is a definite leap of faith from the prototype to the production model for any clarinet. We do not have the budget to make oodles of prototypes and ours are more battle scarred than most by the time changes are made. There is no doubt that the we hope that the prototype will be to the best manufacturing techniques possible, closely resemble the prototype which we send to the factory for production but this is no certainty.

Morrie should be commended for his innovation and bringing more science to the art of making barrel, bells, etc. but unless there is a complete retooling at the LeBlanc factory he is still constrained by the limits of technology presently available to reproduce his prototype. Invariably there will be a spectrum of performance within a product line due to manufacturing techniques and variables such as the quality wood.

Unless there is a serious quantum leap in instrument performance, or a significant price advantage by one company, the traditional distribution of professional level clarinet sales - 75-85% by one maker - any new introduction faces an uphill battle without serious price competition to gain market penetration.

I dare say that many BB members are independent thinkers when it comes to clarinet choices but a successful introduction and company must reach and convince a broader spectrum of less independent thinkers that their clarinet is better in order to have a successful new product line.

When introduced it will be interesting to listen to critiques but these too will be biased by the length of time from introduction and the particular clarinet tested. Invariably manufacturers will bring their best examples of the clarinet to introduction venues.

Competition is good in any market and hopefully LeBlanc will raise the bar for clarinet hardware which other manufacturers will have to meet or exceed.
L. Omar Henderson
BTW - Tom, your color analogy and "like budda" makes more sense to me than our general terms of "Dark", "Bright", etc.



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