Klarinet Archive - Posting 000586.txt from 2001/07

From: "Stephen C. Moore" <stmoore@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Leblanc Barrels
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:26:34 -0400

Well, I sure did see it work when we switched the Scott barrel between his
LL and my Opus. Maybe there were tuning oddities that I didn't pick up
on, but they were subtle if so. But it certainly wasn't the case that the
barrels just "don't work".

Stephen C. Moore stmoore@-----.edu/~stmoore
Technical Assistant, Computer Science Dept., New Mexico State University
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Kevin Fay (LCA) wrote:

> Tony Wakefield posted:
>
> <<<I`m told that my present set up of Leblanc Opus is different from the
> old LL`s, enough to even make using the same (my current) mouthpiece for
> <both> instruments incompatible.
>
> I would think that this is a problem unresolvable enough to think that
> the only recourse is to get rid of my LL`s forthwith. Any thoughts, or
> agreements?>>>
>
> and again:
>
> <<<I'm quite reluctant to put different barrels on the Opus clarinets as
> I'm blowing fairly well in tune on them.>>>
>
> The LL and the Opus won't take the same barrel 'cuz their fundamental
> design is different. The Opus has a polycylindrical bore after the
> fashion of the Buffet R-13; it's close enough to the Buffet that
> aftermarket barrels for Buffets can work nicely.
>
> I do not remember if the LL is the old huge bore with no undercutting of
> the tone holes, or a more modern reverse-cone with a smaller bore. In
> either event, however, it wouldn't take a barrel designed for a
> polycylindrical bore. The DEG Accubore is the only aftermarket barrel
> that I've seen advertised for the older Leblancs.
>
> kjf
>
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