Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 1998/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Barrel for Selmer 10G ?
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 05:57:39 -0500

At 08:01 PM 11/5/98 -0500, Mark Charette wrote:
>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 ...
>----
I bought my standard Accubore some years ago because I was consistently
flat with my HS* (Note: Accubores come in Buffet and other models). I do
not notice significant resistance difference with it, but possibly slightly
brighter tone. Now that I am using a Selmer C85 115, I have to use the
original barrel and PULL OUT some!

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