Klarinet Archive - Posting 000429.txt from 1996/09

From: "Fogle, Bill" <bill.fogle@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Selmer barrels
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 13:30:22 -0400

Ron----

Great to hear from you again!!! Thanks for the advice about the Recital barrels.
Luckily, I just got ahold of a 65mm Fobes barrel, so I will give it a run.
Now the question
is (list, anyone) which of the several fantastic Fobes mouthpieces? Long or
medium
facing? I know, I know, *all of them* right?! ----Bill Fogle.

Ron Monsen wrote:
-->RECITAL Series 10R--the barrel length of 64.5 is the standard on this
-->clarinet--it has to do with the bore dimensions--this instrument's bore
-->is smaller than most and the instrument a bit shorter. I have several
-->barrels (all Selmer) and found one that works best--I have three Bbs and
-->one A plus my son has a set with the F resonance vent--Clark Fobes sent
me
-->a series of his barrels in March when I did a KlarFest at James Madison
-->University in Va. I tried the barrels and--wham--the 65 mm barrel he had
-->designated for the Buffet A clarinet--improved my oldest RECITAL Bb a
great
-->deal--no time for details, now. Read Lee Gibson's account of the RECITAL
-->series instruments in his book on Clarinet Accoustics--all the bore
dimensions
-->
-->
-->are given to compare the instruments. I find that the instrument works
-->best with the equipment supplied by the designer/manufacturer SELMER & Cie.
-->However, the Fobes barrel was and is a winner--and I am glad to have it.
-->
-->There is no sense in me trying to describe how the instrument "feels" or
-->"sounds" with the Fobes barrel--words fail me--you have to "live" and
-->"play" it. Again--check Gibson.
-->
-->Ron Monsen