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 Re: Leblanc Basset Horn Age/Serial Numbers
Author: 78s2CD 
Date:   2009-02-19 18:29

Hello Eefer Guy,

Thanks for adding your information. 1988 is a long time (ten years) after a bass of comparable s/n would have been made. Steve Sklar suggested to me privately that probably the BH were made a batch at a time, and kept a while in inventory. Perhaps the best thing there is to go on is physical characteristics. Could you describe yours with respect to the following: Is the emblem of the late type (block letters) per the Clarinet Perfection site, or the somewhat earlier type with the top of the letters following a curve? (Mine follows the curve.) Is your register vent switching tied to the A key or to the thumb? (Mine is on the thumb.) Is yours fitted with a floor peg. (Mine has no peg.)

I haven't done enough listening, nor recorded myself, to be able to compare my sound with that of narrow bore instruments. However, I've had several comments on the sound from others as I've been playing (solo) alto parts in a clarinet choir. I think the basset is a wonderful sub for an alto, and is well worth the trouble of transposing. Moreover, there's a lot of latitude for changing the sound quality by changing the set up.

My Leblanc basset horn isn't high at all. With the Leblanc mouthpiece that came with the horn I pull out perhaps 1/10" With the Hite mouthpiece I'm now using it's spot on A440 pushed all the way in.

We my be able to get a handle on whether the pitch difference is in the length of the neck. I put a string through mine and stretched it the shortest way from the bottom edge to the top edge. That measurement is 9 cm (3.54"). The length of the tenon from the bottom edge to the collar is 1.75 cm (0.687") and the depth of the mouthpiece tenon socket is 1.82 cm (0.718")

Best regards,
Jim
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