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Re: help identifying an old Leblanc

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2017-12-21 02:48

It looks almost identical to my pair apart from the LH Ab/Eb which mine doesn't have.
Mine with serials 14xxx were bought by me new in London in late 1960 and had just been shipped in from the French factory so I would think yours were made in 1961.

Mine are essentially LLs although at that time (certainly in the UK) the LL was not always marked on the top joint. Leblanc at that time offered virtually every permutation of extra keywork on these models.
Mine have lovely virgin nickle silver keys (no plating).

Sadly these older, beautifully made, clarinets are not "fashionable" these days and don't command anything like the value they are worth.

ps. similar instruments are frequently found on "that website" in particular the US site, so a check on past sales will give you an idea of what they fetch.

Post Edited (2017-12-21 02:50)

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