Klarinet Archive - Posting 000565.txt from 2003/01

From: "Kaitlin Costello" <kecostello@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Boosey and Hawkes, take 2, and a question on barrels
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:37:36 -0500

The more I read about this Click barrel the more it starts to bug me. I
tried one of these click barrels with a borrowed wooden clarinet... I was
horrified to find just how badly the barrel worked with my usual set up.
Even more so with the faint buzzing that would not go away , despite
numerous adjustments. It would seem that this is a barrel suited to plastic
clarinets, rather then wooden.

Kaitlin

>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Boosey and Hawkes, take 2, and a question on barrels
>Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:34:13 -0500
>
>At 12:51 PM 1/30/2003 -0700, Kaitlin Costello wrote:
>>On a simular note, when talking to the repair man we both agreed that the
>>barrel provided with the instrument seemed to be a bit short. I have not
>>had a chance to play on the instrument yet, so I do not know whether or
>>not the barrel will be an issue, however, this brings me to my next
>>question:
>>
>>Has anyone has experience with the "Click" barrel? I was looking at this
>>barrel as an alternative for having to buy two or three tuning barrels to
>>satisfy playing in our.. up and down climate.
>
>The one time I tried a Clik barrel it seemed OK to me. Note that they are
>designed more for getting SHORTER than LONGER (the range runs from 66mm --
>possibly 67 -- and shorter from there). Probably the best recommendation I
>can give you is from the guy who was playing clarinet next to Winton
>Marsalis on the Ken Burns "Jazz" video I was watching the other day. If it
>is good enough for HIM in THAT situation, it should be good enough for most
>purposes!
>
>
>Bill Hausmann
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
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