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Leblanc Bliss Problem

Author: PT
Date: 2010-10-12 00:04

I recently just purchased a Leblanc Bliss 210S from WWBW. The order was on back order, so I am pretty sure that means the clarinet never came from wwbw, but it went straight through the manufacturer. When I recieved the clarinet and tried it with the Cadenza mouthpiece that came with it, I was shocked to see that the facing on the mp was so wide that my reed (legere quebec 3.5) did not even cover the facing! I knew the problem was not the reed because I had already been using it with my 5rv lyre. Putting the upper and lower joints together was nearly impossible and I had to use alot of cork grease and alot of muscle just to get them to fit. Playing the clarinet was great for about two weeks, everything was fine until I tried putting the barrel on the upper joint one day and it was nearly impossible. It was so hard I had to shave some of the upper joint cork, and even then it barely fit. A day later i noticed two cracks in the clarinet. One started at the tenon of the upper joint and went down to the second trill key tone hole (cutting right through the first). The other one was much more subtle and goes from inside the bottom of the barrel up to halfway on the outside. Also, when I tried to assemble my clarinet, the rings on the D and E keys on the upper joint are being forced down. I do not think I can return it because I through the mp away, took off the padding on the thumbrest for my ridenour saddle, it has two cracks, and the keys are wierd. Help!

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