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Author: frankie08033
Date: 2018-08-03 01:59
I have a Leblanc Paris clarinet #3774. This clarinet had dual C/F keys and a double vent system. I believe it was made in the 1040s. Any insight on this model
and does the extra options add any value?
Thanks,
frankie08033
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2018-08-03 03:41
From the serial number it would seem to date from late 40s or early 50s.
The "double vent" is actually not a "double" vent but a mechanism that allows the throat Bb to be much better vented by the addition of a properly sized and positioned tonehole for the Bb whilst the register tube can be more correctly sized and positioned to perform it's function.
An interesting clarinet but no special value these days although an avid or geek-ish collector might be prepared to pay a little over the odds for it's novelty value.
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Author: Johan H Nilsson
Date: 2018-08-03 13:07
With serial 3774, your instrument is not the Noblet Stubbins that Leblanc made later, from around the late 50s to the early 70s. That model didn't have the dual F/C either. There should be no text "Stubbins" on your instrument.
I think Leblanc had their own patent for Bb venting at the time and Stubbins came into the picture later. There are Noblet Stubbins clarinets without the mechanism so I don't know exactly what constitutes the instruments that were named "Stubbins".
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Author: frankie08033
Date: 2018-08-03 17:43
Agree, this is not a Noblet. I only used Stubbins as a description. Sounds like this pre-dates Stubbin's work. It is not marked Stubbins anywhere on the instrument, just Leblanc , Paris France.
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Author: donald
Date: 2018-08-05 06:04
I've seen those but never played one--and I'm pretty curious as to the reliability of the mechanism. Any clarinet I've ever played with the double pads had superior tone and intonation on the g/d 12th, but every tech I've spoken to hates the double pad.
The Stubbins type mechanism (also used on some Wurlitzer models and Patricola I've owned) is very reliable but on some clarinets causes some altissimo notes to be flat.
Dn
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