*The following information was provided by Mark Pinner (August 1999):
I am the proud owner of a Leblanc Paris Alto saxophone. It is a 'le rationnel' made by M. Houvenaghel. The serial number is 1135 and I have only seen 1 other here in Sydney. Both are silver plated with nickel silver keywork.
It would seem that Leblanc only made saxophones for a short period between 1950 and 1953 and they are all of the above design. I do not have an exact date but I am pretty sure that this is the only time period when Leblanc made saxophones in Paris.

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The brand names manufactured or marketed by the Leblanc Corp. are: Courtois, Vito, Holton (modern), Martin (modern), The Woodwind Co., Moosmann, and Yanagisawa. These serial number lists are not made available by the Leblanc Corp. so, if you have knowledge of specific serial numbers and dates, please forward them via e-mail and we will begin to compile a list.

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