Klarinet Archive - Posting 001141.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Another question...barrels
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 05:47:24 -0500

At 11:17 PM 1/26/98 EST, Chris Hoffman wrote:
>How many people still have the barrels that came with their clarinets? If
you
>changed barrels, why?
>I was wondering if I should try a new barrel. I was looking at auditioning:
>DEG C Series
>DEG D Series
>Can anyone give me any comments on them? What about the DEG Eddie Daniels
>one? Basically, I'm looking to see if there is a better barrel that will
work
>with my Leblanc Concerto, Ignatius N. Gennusa mouthpiece, BG Revelation
>Ligature, and Grand Concert Select thick reeds. If you couldn't already
>guess, I'm looking for a dark, clear, sound, that is flexible. I would like
>to see if this will make my throat tones better sounding (in other words, the
>less fingers I have to put down for a good sound in the throat tones the
>better, beause then they won't be as flat). Would a different barrel do
that?
>Thanks for all your help.

I got a DEG C Series for my Selmer 10 because I needed a shorter barrel for
intonation purposes (I have since changed mouthpieces and no longer need
it!) If anything, I think it brightened the sound slightly, but of course
material makes no difference, right? :-)

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