Klarinet Archive - Posting 000972.txt from 2003/02

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] barrel
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:12:03 -0500

In a message dated 2/27/2003 5:28:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, b1rite@-----.net writes:

> I realize that much of this is proprietary, but anything that you want to post about "the three kinds" will be very interesting to me. Evidently there is more involved than just "cylinder" vs "cone"?>>

I use different shapes of cone in the mouthpiece Bill.

I also do a dual-taper in most of my barrels. I start with a taper very similar to the typical Moennig-style taper, not starting out quite as wide, and at the last third of the barrle bore, I will reduce the angle of the taper.

I find that for many clarinet models this helps correct over-sized 12ths in the top part of the horn e/b, f/c , without messing up relationshapes lower on the horn.

I'll tell you one other thing...it's no easy task making a barrel. I can't do more than two a day.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------