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Leblanc from 1950s/60s with special Bb key

Author: Oski
Date: 2019-10-11 20:20

Hello!
I came across, supposedly rare and valuable, LeBlanc clarinet with a special Bb key on it. I is grenadilla wood and has regular general LeBlanc logo ( Like Esprit or L and LL) without any thing identifying a model. That's what an owner says about it:
"This a Leblanc clarinet from the 1950s or 1960s. A special design for the throat Bb includes a nonstandard mechanism that does NOT require special fingerings that controls an extra hole. The design was one of four "invented" at that time to deal with throat Bb problems. The competitors by Mazzeo (Selmer), the McIntyre Brothers, Leblanc, and Stubbins. Nasty and expensive ego-driven lawsuits were filed by most of these "inventors" and resulted in the demise of the all of the clarinets except the Mazzeo-Selmer ones. "

Any info or comments on this?

Thank you very much in advance.

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