Klarinet Archive - Posting 000822.txt from 2002/04

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rossi clarinets & barrels
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:17:40 -0400

61.5 mm? This suggests that the length of the clarinet incorporates more of
the barrel into the one-piece body -- approx. 4 mm more of it, based on your
number -- than we find on a traditional two-piece instrument. Given the sig-
nificant impact that different barrels can have on an instrument's tone and
response, it seems like a shortfall in concept that one is limited in their
ability to experiment as a means of customizing the instrument to their tastes.
I assume that Rossi is not a barrel craftsman -- that he doesn't focus on de-
signing barrels of different lengths, materials, tapers, etc., in an effort
to afford an owner of his instruments the same liberty of choice that the
vast majority of players of Buffets, Selmers, etc. enjoy on theirs.

A different sort of question: did you buy your clarinet(s) with Luis' specially
designed Bb mechanism?

Thanks,
Neil

--- James Sclater <Sclater@-----.edu> wrote:
> Neil,
> I play the Rossi and have not trried other barrels with them. Indeed, I have not needed to try
> others. The four which came with the set have worked quite well. His reservation about using
> others could be in regard to the length. The one I use regularly is a 61.5 mm. I remain quite
> pleased with the instruments.
> Jim Sclater
>
> James Sclater
> Professor of Music
> Mississippi College
>
>
> >>> leupold_1@-----.com 04/29/02 10:11PM >>>
> 'Anybody on the list own and play Rossi clarinets? Out of curiosity,
> I dropped Luis a note, asking about the barrels that come with his in-
> struments and whether other makers' barrels would fit and work. He
> indicated in unambiguous terms that the results of other makers' bar-
> rels on his instruments would be very bad in terms of both tone and
> intonation. This surprised me. If any of you own Rossi clarinets,
> can you comment on this? Have you tried a Chadash or Fobes or other
> barrel on your Rossi clarinet? I think his instruments are fantastic,
> but I shy away from the idea that I would be limited in my options to
> explore the impacts of different barrels on how the instrument plays
> and sounds. This would give me pause about buying one.
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
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