Contrabass Digest

2002-03-01

From: "Merlin Williams"
Subject: Re: [CB] Adding to the Contra Bass Clar. repertoire
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:39:04 -0500

I'm definitely regretting selling my Leblanc Contra right now. Someone just
gave me a disc from a concert I did in '97 - we did Children's March, and
dropped the last C down the octave. It's so cool.
 

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From: MVinquist
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:17:05 EST
Subject: [CB] Leblanc Bell

I got the issue of Leblanc Bell with the contra photo on the cover.  The
magazine is a house organ for Leblanc dealers, but occasionally has
information of interest to players.

It's a nice photo, and there are a few more inside, but that's about it.  The
painter who got the contra didn't play any instrument before he got it and
just fools around on it.

He made a semi-abstract painting on musical themes (rather uninteresting, I
thought), and Leblanc bought it.  Instead of money, he asked them for the
contra because he thought it looked interesting.  (And we list-members can
certainly understand that!)

One more thing.  The instrument is the all-chrome model rather than the
current black one.  On a slow-selling instrument like this, presumably
Leblanc still has stock on the old model.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw
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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:04:59 -0800
From: Grant Green
Subject: Re: [CB] Leblanc Bell
 

>One more thing.  The instrument is the all-chrome model rather than the
>current black one.  On a slow-selling instrument like this, presumably
>Leblanc still has stock on the old model.

Depends on when he actually received it.  Did the article say (I
don't remember off hand)?  I thought that the 340 was "out of stock
and backordered" for about a year, and assumed that he must have
received his prior to that.

Grant

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