Klarinet Archive - Posting 001100.txt from 2003/04

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: [kl] Bent barrel in wood?
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:47:16 -0400

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:36:54 +0100, Matthew@-----.uk said:

> How on earth do you make a bent barrel in wood?

Daniel Bangham found a way to turn the barrel for my period basset
clarinet, using two axes of rotation and clever strategy on an initially
largish piece of boxwood; but the easy way is to take an ordinary barrel
and cut it in two transversely through the middle at a slight angle.

You then rotate one of the pieces through 180 degrees, and stick the two
of them back together, after slightly building up and modifying the cut
edges of the bore so that the join is smoother.

Worth doing on an extended instrument, even the commercial basset
clarinets.

Tony
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