Klarinet Archive - Posting 000382.txt from 1999/11

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] metal clarinet barrel
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:04:59 -0500

Mike wrote,
>Contrary to the previous response, almost all metal clarinets have a
separate barrel which connects to the mouthpiece. They are also different for
different manufacturers. [snip] I dont believe I have ever seen a separate
barrel available.>

In all my years of flea marketing, I've *never* seen a metal clarinet barrel
for sale separately. I do see a lot of metal clarinets for sale missing this
essential part. Once when I saw an intact metal clarinet, I had a strange
conversation with the dealer, who reached into the case for the barrel and
said, "I don't know how that stray socket got in there." Evidently he
thought the neck was a socket for a socket wrench. He intended to take it
out of the clarinet case, slap a price on this "socket" and sell it with
tools! He was very surprised when I told him it was an important part of the
clarinet and showed him the matching engraving. Wonder how many other metal
clarinet barrels got lost this way?

Lelia

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