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Re: LeBlanc LL's years they were rebored

Author: NOLA Ken
Date: 2020-06-12 00:06

I have a 1967(?) Leblanc Classic II that I measure the bore on at 14.98mm (effectively 15.00) top and bottom of the upper joint. That's the same as my post-1985 Pete Fountain "big bore" model both as sited in several places and as measured. Everything I've been able to find (as well as the expert opinion of one top clarinet restorer) indicates that the Classic II had a bore of 14.80. I guess it's possible that somebody at Leblanc slapped a Classic II imprint on a Dynamic H or PF body, but then it should play much, much better than it does. The Classic II has never played as well as the PF - not anywhere close to as well the PF. Of the four Leblanc Paris clarinets I have it's the worst of the lot by far. The reboring "myth" seems to fit what I've got here quite well. Either that or someone at Leblanc really goofed big time.

If this is in fact one of apocryphal rebored clarinets, it would seem to contradict the hypothesis that Leblanc Paris underbored clarinets, leaving it to Leblanc USA to rebore them to the proper specs.

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