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Re: A trip down Leblanc memory lane

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2019-09-10 01:41

Ruben,

Thanks for the info. The practice of testers deserting new instruments they have designed and going back to one of the "standard" Buffet models (such as R13, Prestige, Tosca) suggests that the "Buffet mafia" is a myth. Large numbers of players select the popular Buffet models not from some external herd pressure but because those models are time and again pragmatically up to the demands of the playing situation. They are objectively the best choice. Still it is a shame that Vito didn't leave the Ambience alone and let the market decide on the merits of the original design (which may have been entirely adequate to the needs of many players not requiring great projection in a large hall. )

Having said all this, it is still another question why the Leblanc 300 never really took off in sales, even though ads appeared showing Stanley Drucker playing and endorsing it. He also seems to have very quickly reverted to his Buffet.

Post Edited (2019-09-10 01:45)

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