Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 1997/04

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Barrels
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:56:11 -0400

Unless you play at A442, you should get the longest barrel that is in pitch
on your clarinet- you will probably get a better sound (more wood) with a
66 mm barrel for your Bb, and a 65 mm for your A clarinet assuming that you
are not flat in pitch.

At 08:41 PM 4/7/97 -0400, Thomas Lankford wrote:
>On the same note, since I need a new barrel, (mine cracked). Why do we buy
>barrels at 64 mm when we always pull it out some to tune with everyone else??
> Just curious.
>
>Thomas
>Reedman2@-----.com
>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Faculty Festival of Art and Musical Excellence (Fame) Princeton, N.J.
reedman@-----.com