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Normandy plateau clarinet -- photos and report

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2010-08-03 04:43
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Just finished overhauling a plastic Normandy plateau clarinet, using tan leather pads and adding a bit of undercutting of all the toneholes. Some photos attached. Plays nicely, I wouldn't call it stuffy at all, although I don't think it can be played quite as loudly as a standard clarinet before the instrument starts to 'close up'. Has a nice round sound, very typical of Leblanc clarinets, and intonation is generally quite good at A-440. The feel of the keywork is certainly different! Even though I've been playing bass clarinet (with plateau keys, of course) all my life, this little horn with raised flat keys just feels goofy. But it does the job.

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