Klarinet Archive - Posting 001461.txt from 1999/01

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bore sizes
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:56:54 -0500

Matt Johnson wrote:
>
> In article <36B07FC8.77E2ADC8@-----.com>, John Dablin
> <johnd@-----.com> writes
> >I play on Boosey and Hawkes 1010s, which I bought new 33 or 34 years
> >ago, and which were described at the time as having a larger bore. Does
> >anybody know what their bore size actually is? I don't have too much
> >trouble playing in tune, but perhaps I've just got used to them.
> >
> >And while I'm asking, I've always been curious about how the name '1010'
> >was derived, and their sister clarinets the Imperial 926.
>
> *delurk*
>
> And has anyone got information on the Boosey 8-10 (from what I
> understand, the "little brother" of the 10-10), and why it always plays
> sharp for me?
>
> The barrel measures 63.5mm from ferrule to ferrule, and I'm playing it
> with a Vandoren B45 mp. [Short barrel??]
>
> Regards and TIA...
> --
> Matt Johnson <mailto:matt@-----.uk>
>
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Probably a short barrel, though I don't know for sure. 66 mm is usually
considered standard, and a mouthpiece that is notorious for playing
sharp on some instruments.

Try a longer barrel, and don't pull to a great extent without filling
the gap in the bore with tuning rings.

If you try different mouthpieces, take a tuner along. After having
played sharp for a long time, you probably can't trust your ear any
more. You've been conditioned to a different scale.

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