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Leblanc 340 Contrabass register mechanism

Author: quintquintr
Date: 2016-02-18 12:00

Hello, all!

I was recently asked to play BBb contra for a piece with my university's wind ensemble. We have an older paperclip LeBlanc 340 with a range to low D and two separate register vents. It's in pretty poor shape as is and is virtually unplayable, but thankfully an overhaul was budgeted for it this year, so it'll be handed off to the great people at Flying Squirrel in Raleigh this weekend.
Anyway, my main question was about the register mechanism. I'm not very familiar with the instrument and haven't had the opportunity to play on it because of its condition (also because my Légère won't arrive for another day or so), so I was wondering if anyone could share their experience on how the two register keys work. Which key should I use and for what range of notes do they work best?

Thanks!

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