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Author: artnoc310
Date: 2005-09-15 17:34
Has anyone ever heard of a Lufranc clarinet? It was donated to my school. The clarinet itself feels like R13 keywork, but the barrell is too small to accept any of my mouthpieces. I tried using my barrells, but they are all too big! The length of the instrument is the same as a Bb, so I'm not confusing it with an Eb. Anyone have some information on this company?
Google and the seach here didn't come up with 'lufranc' for anything.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-09-15 17:50
Are you sure it doesn't read "Leblanc" , instead of "Lufranc" ? ...GBK
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2005-09-15 19:00
I agree that Lufranc seems very unlikely. Might it possibly be Lefranc? Not that I've heard of a Lefranc clarinet, but Lefranc is at least a fairly common French name and might have been used on a stencil instrument.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-09-15 19:38
Sounds like it could be one of the Malerne made instruments starting with 'L' - possibly similar to a Selmer Sterling/Gold Seal or Buisson, but that's just a wild guess.
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Author: Kel
Date: 2005-09-15 19:43
Sounds like a Malerne barrel. I had a Malerne Professional (my sister has it now) and I had my tech ream out the mouthpiece end of the barrel so standard mouthpieces would fit.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-09-15 19:45
There you go! My powers of deduction are still as sharp as ever, same as my intonation!
But it's better to be sharp than flat.
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Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2005-09-15 19:53
When the NHK Symphony from Tokyo played a concert at the Kennedy Center a number of years ago I went backstage afterwards to talk to the clarinet players. When I asked the bass clarinetist what make instrument he played, he responded "French made--Rubrock." When I told him that I had never heard of that marque, he showed me his instrument--"Rubrock"
was spelled LEBLANC!
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Author: artnoc310
Date: 2005-09-16 18:02
Yup, I also thought it should be Lefranc, as did google. But it is absolutely Lufranc.
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Author: nsmith
Date: 2019-07-02 18:01
I recently found a Lufranc clarinet while cleaning out some closets. Forgot I even had it! It needs about $350 in service to bring it back to original condition. Just wondering if there's a market for these if I go to the expense of the service. I have another clarinet that I play, so would want to sell the Lufranc. Any thoughts?
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2019-07-02 18:18
You would be very unlikely to sell it for more than you would pay for the overhaul. Just sell it as is for as much as you can get (maybe $75-$150?).
-Jdbassplayer
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2019-07-02 18:42
I find myself in agreement with jdbassplayer: there's a very slim chance you'll recover the cost of an overhaul upon reselling the instrument.
Another thing to consider: collectors who specialize in obscure-maker instruments may want to keep an instrument in as-found condition to study, use an instrument as a parts donor for another example of the same model, or overhaul the instrument to their own specifications.
It's probably a wise move to just leave your instrument as-is prior to sale.
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