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Re: Leblanc Paradox

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2019-04-07 00:36

My pair of Leblancs, bought new in London in late 1960, and which I still play, have serial numbers 141xx.
The original pads (yes just a few still exist and seal well after 59 years) had no marking on the back. I bought some spare sets from the Leblanc HQ in Paris some 35-40 years ago and they have no markings on them either.

Never use linseed oil on a bore, it is a "drying" oil, such as paints used to be made of, so will cause a build up in the bore. The doctor's products are good, I have used them for about 20 years, but prior to that I used almond oil for years, and the bores on my clarinets are smooth and shiny and measure to within 0.001" of when they were new, including at the very top of the top joint, where it is very common to find inward swelling on many older clarinets.

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