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Re: Need help identifying an old Leblanc

Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-09-17 20:06

I had an SA80II soprano but ditched it in favour of my Yamaha YSS-62 which is much easier to play, better tuning, better ergonomics and above all much lighter in weight than most sopranos on the market - maybe the new 82Z soprano is around the same weight as that's based largely on the 62.

I use cork pads on the split C# mechanism on Yanagisawa and Selmer sopranos - a perforated cork pad like that seen on oboe split D#-E trill mechanisms (the RH3 fingerplate) and a smaller cork pad in the piggyback pad cup. Being open standing keys, theywork fine, but cork pads on sax 8ve vents can stick due to the heavy spring tension they're subjected to, so I use synthetic pads in the 8ve vents instead of cork or leather which can get sticky as well.

With the Leblanc clarinet and the double pad cups on the F/C key, I wouldn't mind seeing one of these to see how much it evens up the tone quality of the upper register D - someone was asking why their upper register Eb was brighter than the D and E either side of it and that's because Eb is better vented compared to D or E, so having the extra vent for the G/D should even things up. And that's most likely why the venting of the Ab/Eb pad on most clarinets is often set lower than the other large pads which should take the edge off the Eb to make it sound similar to the upper D and E.

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

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