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Re: Vacuum testing validity

Author: Tony F
Date: 2015-07-06 17:06

Some of the leaky instruments that I wrote of belonged to professional musicians, who did not want the leaky pads fixed. Some years ago I was offered first refusal on a Leblanc LL that I had long cherished. It belonged to a musician friend who was retiring, and I had always admired the wonderful sounds he produced from it. When I finally got to play it I found that for me it was pretty well unplayable. The keywork was sloppy, the crows foot was all over the place and the moth-eaten pads leaked. Nevertheless that was the way he played until the day he retired. Go figure.

Tony F.

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