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Re: Small bore Leblanc basset horn

Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-01-12 14:12

That must be a pretty ancient one as it's nothing like the Leblanc basset horns I've seen in both real life and in catalogues. Also looks like this one has a RH forked Ab/Eb mechanism as seen on some Leblanc basses so there's no need for a LH Ab/Eb lever - the forked Ab/Eb fingering being xxx|xox.

Maybe the later large bore ones were developed by Charles Houvenaghel for more volume, even though many die hard basset hornists don't view them as true basset horns and consider them more like alto clarinets in F to low C.

The later ones were available to both low C and also low Eb - the low C ones had a divided or two piece lower joint with a socket ring part way up where the sections are jointed.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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