Klarinet Archive - Posting 000114.txt from 2000/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Barrels & bores
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 07:59:26 -0400

The point which leaps to my own mind is that if you get a heavier barrel,
your thumbrest will be in the wrong place...
Roger S.

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, William Wright wrote:

> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:07:46 -0700 (PDT)
> From: William Wright <Bilwright@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Barrels & bores
>
> <><> Susan Schwaegler wrote:
> I bought a Greg Smith mouthpiece for it, and Greg recommended I also
> purchase a replacement Chadash barrel, which I did. The combination has
> worked really well for me.
>
>
>
> With the recurring talk about mouthpieces, it has never occurred to
> me to think about barrels. So I opened Gibson's book and read:
> [beginning at the 3rd paragraph of Chapter 14, Clarinet Acoustics, O.
> Lee Gibson]
>
> "Tone is complexly affected by the weight of the barrel [....]
> Less weight produces more brilliant and less massive tones (as is the
> case with the entire body). [....] Wind resistance and wall losses
> are affected by weight [....]"
>
> I was under the impression that Gibson is a respected authority.
> How does this relate to the assertion that material does not make a
> difference and that only shape counts?
>
>
>
> While I'm typing, is it accurate to say that a perpendicular cross
> section through any joint or barrel of any 'standard' clarinet (ignoring
> tolerances during manufacture, swelling and shrinking of the wood,
> changes when plastic cools, and so forth) is _designed_ to be circular?
>
>
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