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Re: Conn Bass Clarinet Opinions?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2023-08-14 20:35

A wooden Leblanc bass that carries the Leblanc lyre/kithara logo on both joints and has a large metal socket covering the top end (secured with three wood screws) will be a pro level bass and definitely head and shoulders over a plastic Bundy bass.

If you do find a used Leblanc bass, expect to have it fully overhauled even if the seller claims it was 'recently serviced' or 'recently overhauled' as that means diddly-squat. I recently bought a used Buffet S1 soprano sax and the seller said it had just come back from his repairer having had a full service, which I had my suspicions about. When it arrived, my suspicions were valid as it still had all the original key corks and felts from the day it left the factory back in 1984 and they should've all been replaced if it was serviced (well, I'd have replaced them all if I'd done the service). The 'repairer' may have indeed looked at it - maybe when they were asked to look at it, they indeed took the 'look with your eyes, not your hands' thing too literally/figuratively (delete as applicable).

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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