This old picture formerly on the Leblanc site but has since disappeared. • Ab Sopranino • Eb Sopranino • D Sopranino • C Soprano • Bb Soprano• A Soprano• (missing basset clarinet in A)• F Basset Horn• Eb Alto Clar• Bb Bass Clar to low Eb• Bb Bass Clar to low C• EEb Contralto to low C (paperclip model)• BBb Contrabass to low C (paperclip)• EEEb Octocontralto to low C• BBBb Octocontrabass to low C The last 2 were built for some exhibition or another in the 1930s.

Leblanc (Paris, France) Bb Bass Clarinet - Grenadilla wood body is in good shape, no cracks. In playable condition for a professional level. Serial number 9246. LeBlanc Clarinet Serial Number 20614 SYMPHONIE IV MADE IN PARIS FRANCE - Answered by a verified Musical Instrument Appraiser. LeBlanc Clarinet Serial Number 20614 SYMPHONIE IV MADE IN PARIS FRANCE - Answered by a verified Musical Instrument Appraiser. LEBLANC DYNAMIC H Bb CLARINET, £695. Leon Leblanc, along with Charles Houvenaghel, the great Belgian acoustician, took Leblanc manufacturing and scientific principles even further: They were the first major maker to set up an acoustic laboratory. Leon was a gifted clarinetist who took the top prize at the Paris.

The BBBb was supposedly the lowest pitched wind instrument ever, going down nearly an octave below the piano keyboard. One or the other of them was supposedly lying around the Paris factory as late as the 1970s, but no sign of them has been seen or heard since. There was (I believe) only one Octocontrabass built, and three Octocontraltos. They were all in the private collection of Leon Leblanc, but (again, I believe, but don't quote me) the Octobass and one of the Octoaltos now reside with Terje Lerstad. The Octocontrabass sounded an octave below the Contrabassoon, which made it indeed one octave lower than the lowest Bb on the piano. Download Concert Band Pdf Library Free. You'll note that all of the horns in the photo were products of Leblanc Paris. Omitted from the photo were the 'Bassett Clarinet' (which did not exist in their line at that time), the A Bass Clarinet (which only Selmer has made in modern times), but examples of which have existed since the 1800's.

T he FB and articulated models, they went out of production in the 60s. Leblanc History The year 2004 marked one of the most significant milestones in the long history of Kenosha, Wisconsin-based Leblanc, Inc., known until recently as G.