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The Vito name was used for student through professional (Yanagisawa baritone saxophone) instruments. Leblanc USA was formed in 1946 by Vito Pascucci, and the French woodwind manufacturer, G. Leblanc Cie of France. To meet high demand, Leblanc USA started to manufacture clarinets in the US from plastic bodies and French keys.
Leblanc imported Yamaha flutes for its Vito-Japan line starting in 1970. Leblanc added the KHS company of Taiwan as a source for Vito saxophones in 1981. The KHS versions were sold as models 7133, 7136, 7140, and 7190. The Vito line of woodwinds was discontinued in 2004, although the equivalent models of saxophones continued to be made by ...
Hanson Clarinet Company B♭, A Howarth of London B♭, A: A (joints & barrels only) Jupiter Band Instruments B♭ B♭ Leblanc (a division of The Selmer Company) B♭ E♭ B♭ EE♭ BB♭ Leitner & Kraus E♭, D: C, B♭, A: B♭, A: F B♭ Orsi Instrument Company: G, A♭ (on request) E♭ C, B♭, A, G F (on request) E♭ B♭ Fratelli ...
Low numbers: 00000001 is most prized, but 00000002 to 00000100 are considered valuable. "Ladders": A sequential serial number, like 12345678 or 32109876. Palindromes: Say, 45288254 or 02100120.
Holton became the supplier for Leblanc's Vito line of student-line brasswinds and (briefly) saxophones in 1951. Leblanc acquired Holton in 1964 and phased out the Collegiate saxophone line in favor of their Vito-branded instruments. [13] The Collegiate brand for brasswinds was terminated in 1980.
Vito Pascucci (October 22, 1922 – August 18, 2003) was an American businessman, the CEO and co-founder (with Leon Leblanc) of G. Leblanc Corp, an American musical instrument firm based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The firm started out as the American branch of the French G. Leblanc company.
By the end of his career in the late 1960s, Hodges was playing a Vito LeBlanc Rationale alto (serial number 2551A), an instrument with unusual key-mechanisms (providing various alternative fingerings) and tone-hole placement, which gave superior intonation. Fewer than 2,000 were ever made.
Pages in category "Clarinet manufacturing companies" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Vito (Leblanc) Y. Yamaha Corporation