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Re: Leblanc Pete Fountain barrels cut short?

Author: AndyW
Date: 2022-05-22 14:21

I love Pete's sound - worth pointing out that dozens of his finest albums were recorded before any of the Leblanc large bore clarinets were available- he's pictured on a few earlier LP covers with a Leblanc "LL".

I have two Bb "Dynamic H"s - (basically the same as Leblanc's "Pete Fountain" models), from 1977 and 1983, both have original barrels, length 66mm, although I play on a late 1940s LeBlanc, very similar to an early LL, its barrel length is 67mm.

I'm also intrigued by the assertion "shorter the facing...the easier it is to play the altissimo notes" - I'd love to see some more information on this, as I think of upper altissimo having a very short "sounding length" on the reed i.e. the point of maximal reed flexion is at the very tip of the reed.

-A-

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