Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2019-09-09 03:33
Ruben,
I've found my L200 to be very flexible and in tune. They don't come up very often, but when I played boehm, I was always looking for another one. I finally found one, but lent it to a friend while I worked on her Selmer...I never got the L200 back! (sigh!) It played identically to mine.
As far as what I like about it: well...it was just a perfect instrument for me. Never had any problems with it, it always played in tune, it handled everything from #3 to #5 reeds on the various mouthpieces. It handled a little jazz in my senior year of high school, lots of classical in college, and some classical and jazz after college - all without failing me.
At least twice, when I was looking at new instruments (always feeling the pressure from the clarinet studio to change to Buffett), my college professors picked my L200 as being the superior instrument (blind listening tests) - the last of these tests was in 2003 and included six new Buffetts and three new Leblancs which were current models at the time.
Both times, the professors chose my L200 as the best instrument. Both times, I was told by the professors that this particular L200 must have had special work done to it (I bought it used, so I really figured this must be true). My classical professors all loved it, and I found it aptly suited for my ventures into early jazz as well. Never had any issues with it. That second L200 I had purchased was identical, though - so I have doubted that my first one had any special work done to it.
If I still played boehm, I'd offer to buy yours from you! They're hard to find. It's still hard not to try to get another one even though I don't play boehm anymore - I love mine that much. I used mine all the way through college, and some after. Eventually, I started playing around with vintage instruments (1890-1920) and unintentionally left boehm system, otherwise, I'd still be playing the L200.
I'm sorry yours hasn't provided you that same experience - it's always great to find that "magical" instrument that works for you.
Fuzzy
[Edit: fixed some wording]
Post Edited (2019-09-09 03:35)
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