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Re: Leblanc Bass Clarinet to Low C -- Experiences?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-09-22 01:26

The low Db and C keys aren't linked to the rest of the mechanism on the lower joint as they are on Buffets, Selmers and Yamahas so you have to hold the low D key down for these low notes.

My clarinet teacher at college had a nice Leblanc bass with the forked Ab/Eb mechanism for the right hand which did away completely with the LH Ab/Eb lever and has several advantages over it too - mainly freeing up the LH pinky when slurring low Eb-Ab-Db as Shostakovich has written in one of his bass clarinet parts. Another couple of local players both have the low C Leblanc basses which they both enjoy playing.

The crook tenon acts as a tuning slide in the socket (locked in place with the socket screw like a sax) provided it's a good fit in the socket and also make sure the entire socket is a good fit on the top joint. There's a tenon at the top end of the top joint onto which the metal socket fits onto and is held in place with three small wood screws, so check it neither wobbles nor leaks as that will cause response problems. The tenon cork there will compress over time due to it being a permanently (within reason) attached joint.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2014-09-22 14:13)

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