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Leblanc
Legacy
LB110B Professional Clarinet Discontinued
The partnership
between Leblanc and Backun has ended and
as a result, the Legacy model has been
discontinued.
The new Leblanc line of clarinets designed by clarinet master Morrie Backun represents the newest choice for professional clarinets. Backun Barrels are used by some of the most prestigious clarinetist in the world. Bringing his expertise to help design this line of clarinets has yielded the most impressive clarinet choices that we have ever seen. The Legacy (model LB110B) is the top end professional model in this line of clarinets. The clarinet is completely made in the USA by Leblanc. The Barrels are made in Canada by Backun. Voicing is done at Backun in Canada and the project's quality standards are measured by Morrie Backun himself. This line of clarinets does not just bear his name and use his barrels. Morrie is the chief designer of this line of clarinets. He kept only 1 key from Leblanc... and redesigned everything else. The Legacy model has several unique features. One, it uses the Backun Ringless barrels. They provide a very big and warm tone. The bore is uniquely designed by Morrie Backun and has excellent tone and response. The tone hole chimneys are not a straight taper but rather have their own bores to optimize tone projection. The Legacy lines several of the keys with acoustic foam similar to what is used in professional studios. Morrie found that certain notes will create a harmonic vibration on several keys that would generate very small sympathetic tones. The foam eliminates these tones making only the sound generated by the player and the clarinet heard causing the player and audience to get the purest sound available. The lower joint tone holes are also smoothed out, similar to how a high end flute headjoints are "overcut" to allow for smoother air escape from the body. The octave vent uses a "Voicing Pin" that changes the direction in which the air escapes the octave vent. This pin (made from hard delrin) allows for the air to escape without hitting the pad. This translates into a cleaner and clearer tone in the upper register of the clarinet. Combined with the Voicing Grove in the bell (this grove causes a little air to flow back into the air stream of the clarinet, making more air come out of the tone holes and the register key), this system really improves tone over the break as well as upper register performance. The Legacy is also setup to make it a very worry free clarinet. Every pivot screw has a set lock screw at the top of its key post. This screw prevents the pivot screw from ever backing out. The clarinet does come with the needed tool for technicians to loosen this screw when needed. The Symphonie is also setup with a specially formulated Valentino pad the ensures a secure pad seat that maintains better then most skin pads. The clarinet has multiple fine tune adjusting screws throughout and comes with the wrench needed to do these adjustments with ease. Included is a custom reed case made by Backun. The Legacy is shipped in a double clarinet case (Bb & A). Since the case can only accommodate 2 barrels and 2 bells (which you receive with the Bb), there are future plans to sell just the upper and lower joint for an A clarinet separately. This way, you can use your existing barrels and bells and case, this lowering the cost of the A.
©1998-2012 Kessler & Sons Music, Inc. Las
Vegas, Nevada USA.
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