Klarinet Archive - Posting 000069.txt from 1997/06

From: "Jeroen T. Salm" <jtsalm@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: barrel lengths
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 07:59:21 -0400

On 5 Jun 97 , Gary Young wrote :

> 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?

Hi (all),
- good to be back again :-> -

strange (and why???): my Buffet Crampons Elites clarinets came with 2 short
and 2 longer barrels (no difference in length between the short and long
ones...). So no difference in length for Bb or A-clarinet...

Jeroen T. Salm
The Netherlands