Klarinet Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 1997/06

From: Gary Young <gyoung@-----.com>
Subj: barrel lengths
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 02:32:25 -0400

Here's a dumb question to celebrate the rising of the Klarinet list from
the ashes.

The A clarinet is pitched lower than the B flat and is longer overall. So
how come barrels for B flat clarinets are typically longer than barrels for
A clarinets? (Bonus dumb question: Have they always been that way?)

Gary Young
Madison, WI