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Leblanc, Inc. was a musical instrument manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The company was sold on 1 August 2004 to Steinway Musical Instruments, followed by closure of the Kenosha facility and the movement of their French operation to the US. Leblanc has now ceased to exist as an independent operation and has become a brand of Conn-Selmer along with their many other brands. ==History== Léon Leblanc (1900–2000) and Vito Pascucci (1922–2003) founded the G. Leblanc Corporation in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1946.〔(Reminiscence by Dr. Pascucci ) June 1, 2009〕 The American company was set up to import woodwind instruments made in France by G. Leblanc Cie. G. Leblanc Cie. was a French company founded by Georges Leblanc late in the 19th century, in La Couture-Boussey. In 1904 the company acquired Noblet, the oldest instrument manufacturer in France. Beginning in 1951, the American Leblanc firm went on to manufacture student instruments under the Vito brand, named after founder Vito Pascucci. Leblanc's French clarinet plant was sold to the Buffet Group in 2008 〔(Buffet Group acquires B&H )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leblanc (musical instrument manufacturer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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