Leblanc History

Leblanc USA clarinets offer a combination of unparalleled quality, easy playability and innovative design considerations that allows students to learn and succeed quickly. The story of Leblanc's inception and ultimate growth is one of the most captivating and well known in the music industry—the stuff of which, as the saying goes, legends are made. The subsequent growth and success of G. Leblanc Cie. as a manufacturing entity was largely due to the work of Léon Leblanc, who in addition to his reputation as an instrument maker and businessman, was also a gifted clarinetist, holder of the first prize of the Paris Conservatoire, the first and only instrument maker to have held such an honor. Since 1750, Leblanc has been—and remains—committed to the highest standards of excellence, all in the service of musicians and of music itself.