Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2011-06-23 02:55
Slander!
All Leblancs, Noblets, Vitos are not the same acoustically -- and certainly the top of the line instruments (at least the vintage ones) are certainly not "student/intermediate" instruments. The first-line pro-quality instruments were identifiable by the intertwined LL logo, and have a completely different bore size from the 300 series horns. I defy anyone who has heard me play (including Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet" a couple of weeks ago) to say that my upper register is "weak at both ends." My own 1960's-vintage model 517 was abandoned by Leblanc in favor of a slightly smaller-bore 417 (with a concomitant loss of power and resonance). The x17 numbers indicate low-C instruments;x13 numbers denote instruments with the forked low Ab-clarion Eb fingering (in lieu of a left had Eb/Ab lever).
The older LL Leblancs, with proper maintenance -- skin pads importantly -- and a good mouthpiece and reeds are every bit "professional quality" instruments. The recently-abandoned Buffet 1180 single-register-key basscl is, in my experience, not!
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