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Re: Leblanc Alto Clarinet crook length

Author: jasperbay
Date: 2010-03-03 04:22

Both Mary Jo and clarnibass confirm something I'd wondered about; that the early Leblanc Altos also had the short, simple-bend neck like the Noblet. Luckily Mary Joe has hers in hand and confirms hers also has the appropriate (?) longer Upper Joint. Since only Mr. Smale's alto has both the short UJ and short neck, that would seem to explain the 'sharpness', in fact it would be about a full note sharp wouldn't it?? The only thing I'm still curious about is; did the newer Noblet 'diamond logo' altos ever go to the swan neck/shorter UJ?? I like the idea of a tuneable neck, if you're going to go to the trouble to make the whole neck. Another idea might be to lathe-turn an "adapter extension" for either end of the neck, out of aluminum (aluminium in the UK??)or acetal (delrin), just to see if she'll play in tune.

Clark G. Sherwood

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