Klarinet Archive - Posting 000462.txt from 2001/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] list value and switching barrels
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:48:44 -0400

At 10:17 AM 6/15/2001 -0600, Shouryu Nohe wrote:
>...If there was a significant
>bore difference between the A and the Bb, with the barrel compensating,
>then I'm quite certain that I would FEEL it in a barrel switch, and hear
>it as well.

I was just looking at a Selmer catalog today and noted that, in the Series
10G and Recital, the bore size of the A and Bb clarinets is exactly the
same. But in a bizarre twist, the Series 10S II A clarinet bore is SMALLER
than the Bb (.563, same as the Recital, vs .567 for the Bb).

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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