Rousseau fingering chart for Leblanc Rationale

[ThunderWhale]

I have heard rumors of Eugene Rousseau creating a fingering chart specifically for the Leblanc Rationale (semi-rationale). Does anyone know anything of this?

[warp x]

I have a fingering chart for my Leblanc System tenor.
I don't know if it was written by Rousseau. If you mean the real 'Le Rationel' horns, I wouldn't know.

[FremontSax]

There is a manual at (www.doctorsax.biz/vito_alto_saxes.htm). Within the manual is a fingering chart.

The manual was written by Eugene Rousseau.

[warp x]

There is a manual at (www.doctorsax.biz/vito_alto_saxes.htm). Within the manual is a fingering chart.

The manual was written by Eugene Rousseau.

Yes, that's the one I have. It has nothing to do with the Rationel, it's a chart for the System horns.

[hakukani]

I don't know about the particular horns, but I do know that Dr. Rousseau was an endorser for Leblanc before his relationship with Yamaha. That would have been in the early 70s.

[ThunderWhale]

Thank you! That is what I was looking for!

[AMASAX]

Actually, he got involved w/Leblanc around 1964(if memory serves), and switched to Yamaha sometime in the early 1970s.

Leblanc put out a pamphlet w/Rousseau's pic on the front. Inside, he explained the system and listed several examples of fingering passages. Interesting little brochure.

[AMASAX]

btw, prior to Rousseau, Vincent Abato was an endorser of the Leblanc System horns.