Leblanc Beaugnier Semi Rationale France Tenor Saxophone 1950 ' S Rare
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:558601 | Type: Tenor |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: France |
I am reluctantly selling my super rare Leblanc Semi Rational Tenor Sax made in France. Serial number is 584 which I believe it was made in the mid to late 1950's. It was made by Beaugnier in Paris, France.
There were only 1564 altos and tenors ever made and mostly were altos which makes the tenors even harder to come across. Some say there were only 200 to 400 tenors ever made. Not many, for sure.
Leblanc used the Boehm principle of tonehole placement to make the be...st intonated sax ever and I think they succeeded.
In addition to normal fingerings, the Leblanc System offer alternative fingerings. When you play C#, B, A, G# and G, by pressing any of the lower stack keys it will lower the note 1/2 step. This makes it easy to play faster passages or trills.
The sax I am selling has been loved and played so there is alot of lacquer wear and a few bumps and dings. The most dings are on the front, lower elbow as pictured. There are two small dings on the lower bell that could easily be removed if desired.
The sax has good pads, corks and felts. It plays great down to low D but would need some pad adjustments to get to low B flat, for sure. With my leak light, I could see 4 pads that weren't quite sealed.
The pads have the stock, flat metal resonators, posts and nuts. Most of these saxes the posts and nuts have been cut out but this one is still original.
This Super Rare Tenor Sax will come in a period correct hard case but I have no idea if it is the original.
The voice on the Rationale is what you would expect from a fine made French sax. Warm and rich sounding.
I am selling my tenor for thousands less than a few others I have seen on the net cause of the play wear. This is a bargain for a very rare, great sounding French made sax.
There were only 1564 altos and tenors ever made and mostly were altos which makes the tenors even harder to come across. Some say there were only 200 to 400 tenors ever made. Not many, for sure.
Leblanc used the Boehm principle of tonehole placement to make the be...st intonated sax ever and I think they succeeded.
In addition to normal fingerings, the Leblanc System offer alternative fingerings. When you play C#, B, A, G# and G, by pressing any of the lower stack keys it will lower the note 1/2 step. This makes it easy to play faster passages or trills.
The sax I am selling has been loved and played so there is alot of lacquer wear and a few bumps and dings. The most dings are on the front, lower elbow as pictured. There are two small dings on the lower bell that could easily be removed if desired.
The sax has good pads, corks and felts. It plays great down to low D but would need some pad adjustments to get to low B flat, for sure. With my leak light, I could see 4 pads that weren't quite sealed.
The pads have the stock, flat metal resonators, posts and nuts. Most of these saxes the posts and nuts have been cut out but this one is still original.
This Super Rare Tenor Sax will come in a period correct hard case but I have no idea if it is the original.
The voice on the Rationale is what you would expect from a fine made French sax. Warm and rich sounding.
I am selling my tenor for thousands less than a few others I have seen on the net cause of the play wear. This is a bargain for a very rare, great sounding French made sax.
