Klarinet Archive - Posting 000166.txt from 1998/11

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Barrel for Selmer 10G ?
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 21:56:19 -0500

When I started using an M-13 mouthpiece I found my 10G's, which were playing
at 440 when thoroughly warm with my Gigliotti, were both now flat enough to
need some action. I took a couple of old (Buffet) 65mm barrels and one 64mm
to my repair guy and had him put the rubber inserts into the bores and ream
them to standard Moennig dimensions for each instrument. They seem to be, if
anything, slightly less resistant than the original 66mm Selmer barrels,
which don't taper as much as the Moennig config, and they solve the pitch
problem. They play very comfortably, leading me to think that anything truly
reamed to a Moennig taper ought to work comfortably.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 8:07 PM
Subject: [kl] New Barrel for Selmer 10G ?

>My Selmer 10G is pretty much uniformly flat now that I've changed (and
>become pretty used to) a new mouthpiece. The Selmer 10G I own came with
>a 66mm barrel as standard - I need to go to a 65mm.
>
>Unfortunately for me, most aftermarket barrels are currently designed to
>match the Buffet bores. I'm not especially fond of the Selmer barrel I
>have now (the Selmer is a bit "bright" for current tastes - but since I
>inherited it from my son I'll be living with it for quite a while).
>
>Does anyone know of any barrels specifically made for the Selmer, or do
>I just keep hunting until I find one that suits my horn & my taste? The
>few barrels I've tried (a Pyne, a Buffet Chadash, a Buffet Standard, and
>an E D Accubore) changed the blowing resistance radically - I'd like a
>bit more resistance, but not _that_ much. It appears as if I have an
>impedance mismatch with those barrels ...
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