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Re: Vito V40 clarinet bores

Author: T.Wees
Date: 2007-03-22 06:31

There are a couple of different bores for the V40.

For most of its "life" the V40 was a large bore horn (I think .584", rather than .590").

However, in about 2003 (the catalogue/pamphlet I have appears to be dated 11/03), Leblanc revamped its plastic clarinet lineup, which up until then had all been large bore models (.584"). They added the "Classic 7242" model, which had a small (.575", perhaps polycylindrical) bore. I think this was actually a renaming (renumbering) of the clarinet they introduced a couple of years earlier as a "centennial" model.

At the same time, they changed the V40 to a small (.575"), polycylindrical bore. From the catalogue: "The combination of a plastic body and the advanced polycylindrical bore take the V40 to the top of the Vito line. . . . has a fully professional acoustic design." And: "This clarinet is the acoustic match to the wood-bodied Rapsodie model."

They also redesigned the logos slightly. The bells and barrels have a gold "V", with "VITO" running across the V, kind of like a belt. At the bottom of the V are the words: "by Leblanc." The body logos of the Classic and V40 leave off "by Leblanc" and add either "CLASSIC" or "V40."

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