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Author: Ben Shaffer
Date: 2016-02-05 03:16
Well, Ive got 2 Clarinets.
One is a newish Normandy 4 and the other is a Noblet 45.
Sound wise I would say they are very similar
.Just for the heck of it i put the Noblet 45 left hand section with the other parts of the Normandy.
this hybrid Horn sounded noticeable better than either of the other 2 Clarinets intact
Kind of like having new Clarinet for free
Curious now about anyone else's experiences doing this
Ben
GSO,NC
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Author: TomS
Date: 2016-02-05 04:27
Gosh! I sure wish we could buy the Noblet 40s and 45s again! I've played a few for a while off and on and thought they were pretty nice. I loved the Leblanc products ... lusted after an LL model during High School.
Tom
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-02-05 05:03
While I really wanted Leblanc LLs when I was at college, I was disappointed with the one I bought more recently as I've got accustomed to playing old large bore Selmers. Maybe the Dynamic-H or Pete Fountain models would suit me better.
But I did play a Noblet Artist for a little while when at school which was very nice - better than the beaten up B&H 2-20 I had. I borrowed it from my boss at the time to do my GCSE performance exams on.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2016-02-05 05:35
My dog (a rescue) is a hybrid, mix of German Shepherd and Labrador Retriever. He's a great dog.
My best bass clarinet (comprised of eBay rescue pieces) is a hybrid of ca. 1920s H. Bettoney bakelite-ish plastic upper joint (with double manual register keys), a slightly modified plastic Leblanc Vito lower joint, a homemade metal low-C extension and a generic Chinese neck.
I've put together many other clarinets, bass clarinets and oboes from mixed brands and models, which often worked better than the original "purebred" instruments. Also swapped necks from non-original saxophone brands.
It's easy with the Leblanc clarinet lines (Vito, Normandy, Noblet, Leblanc-Paris) because they're mechanically nearly identical and acoustically identical -- so by all means try mixing and matching - if the tenons fit and the bridge keys are of compatible lengths and can be aligned, you may come up with a winner.
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Author: Ben Shaffer
Date: 2016-02-05 06:06
Not to shanghai my own post, but Ive got a story about a Leblanc LL. On Craigs list someone was selling an LL
. As it turned out the seller was a few blocks over from where I lived.
We made arraignments for me to come over .
The lady was selling her Daughters LL as she no longer played it.
It was a stunning Clarinet, very beautiful with a mother of pearl inlay.
I tried it out along with my Normandy that I had brought along and to be honest the Normandy blew the LL out of the water volume wise as well as tone.
The LL seemed to have a stuffy sound.
I do recall that the LL seemed to be a very narrow bore Clarinet, or at least compared to my Normandy.
I left without buying the LL.
Perhaps it needed work, who knows
Ben
GSO,NC
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2016-02-06 18:00
I won't argue with good results, but fair warning -- the "marriages" described here were done deliberately and carefully by people who knew what they were doing and knew what results they wanted. At flea markets and yard sales, I often see (and never buy!) cases with mixed parts from different brands of clarinets. Sometimes these parts won't even fit together into a mutt without major surgery, because the tenons are different diameters, the bridge keys don't align, the upper stack is Albert while the lower stack is Boehm, keys are damaged or missing, etc..
I feel sorry for parents who don't play clarinet themselves and buy these messes under the mistaken impression that they're bargains for young students. Some of these mixtures are so misbegotten that I think they must come from school bands or repair shops that need to get rid of too many bits and pieces kept for parts. Even if a marriage looks as if it makes good sense, such as the one Ben Shaffer's original message describes, I'd only buy something like that under circumstances where I could try it out first.
Lelia
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