Klarinet Archive - Posting 000198.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mystery clarinets
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 08:26:22 -0500

At 09:12 AM 2/8/2003 +0000, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>My French (Buffet) instrument from the 1890s doesn't have an enormous bore -
>it appears to be just under 15 mm at the bottom of the top joint.
>Furthermore, the bore is far from cylindrical throughout - it is clearly
>coned outwards both at the top and (more so) at the bottom.
>Roger S.

15mm equals .590" or about the size of a Selmer Balanced Tone/Centered
Tone/Series 9 or a Leblanc Pete Fountain; that is, fairly large. As for
"cylindrical," they do tend to be coned somewhat, but not stepped like the
later Buffet polycylindrical bores. I know Selmer Series 10s, other than
the 10G, have reversed cone bores, tapering smaller from the top. All
clarinet bores do expand at the extreme bottom.

Bill Hausmann

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