Klarinet Archive - Posting 000557.txt from 2002/10

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Taming some wild throat tones
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 03:32:06 -0400

Nancy,

I had a similar situation with both my Eb and C rosewood
Patricola clarinets, and was able to get barrels from Guy
Chadash that surpasses the sound I got out of the "good" barrels
on both instruments. The C barrel was from a batch Guy made with
a thicker wall, to make the C clarinet have more "substance" in
the sound. The pitch problems also went away. You might want to
give Guy a call about the C barrels. I don't know of anyone else
making C barrels. He makes them in batches and sells off the lot
before making more.

By the way, I did find that the mouthpieces made a huge
difference on my C clarinet (contrary to all of the people on
the list who insisted that they used the same Bb/A mouthpiece on
their C.) Unless you play the same make/model of C as your Bb/A,
you might want to try out a few different ones to see if it
gives you more flexibility with the barrels. I am playing on a
Clark Fobes San Francisco mouthpiece for my Patricola C.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.edu> wrote:
> I purchased a rosewood C clarinet from Patricola to go with my
> other
> Patricolas. It was great except that the throat b-flat was so
> flat that it
> sounded like an A. I took it with me to New Orleans to
> ClarinetFest and
> gave it to them at their booth to look at. They took it back
> to Italy with
> them and sent me a note saying the only way to fix it was to
> make a 45 mm
> barrel for it. I sent my OK and they made the barrel. It was
> ready for
> shipping on Sept. 10th but got held up because of 9/11. It
> arrived back in
> my hands in late October and has played very well, but only
> with that
> barrel. There was evidence though that they had tried many
> things, as there
> were new pads and the addition of their trademark Bb speaker
> key. There is
> also a scooped out area in the bell. I must say, though, the
> clarinet plays
> exceptionally well in tune as long as I use that barrel. I use
> standard
> fingerings from top to bottom. My upper range is abbreviated
> though (high F
> above the staff), due to jaw problems.
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
> School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
> Anne Arundel Community College
> Arnold, MD 21012-1895 USA
> Phone 410-777-2316 Fax 410-777-2233
> E-mail nebuckman@-----.edu
>
>
>
>
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