Klarinet Archive - Posting 000596.txt from 2003/08

From: "Josh" <joshclarinet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Chadash Barrels
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 19:53:59 -0400

Matthew, yes Guy does make barrels for Eb. I have one myself.

Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Lloyd" <Matthew@-----.uk>
Subject: RE: [kl] Chadash Barrels

> Thanks for all this - I will give it some thought as to whether to bring
> the instruments with me or not. I wasn't planning on doing so, as it
> isn't a "playing" trip, but on the other hand to get to choose a barrel
> is obviously much better than to just get a random one.
>
> Does he deal in Eb as well?
>
> I'm sailing into New York on the 25th and flying back on the 30th -
> early (I think the flight is 9 am from JFK) and am hoping to get to the
> Metropolitan as well!
>
> Other than that I have no plans whatsoever!
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CBA [mailto:clarinet10001@-----.com]
> Sent: 10 August 2003 16:35
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Chadash Barrels
>
> Matthew,
>
> Keep in touch when you are going to be over here...I'd love to
> meet while you are in NYC!
>
> Guy sometimes is lax about responding to e-mails. His studio
> phone number is on the website, and I will repeat it here...
> 212-239-7187. He is usually there almost every day during the
> 10-6 (eastern standard time) hours. Guy does make custom barrels
> also, but the Buffet Chadash barrels he manufactures are still
> made by hand (with a reamer/lathe combo thingie - obviously NOT
> the real technical name.) Guy gets blanks from Buffet WITHOUT a
> taper (not ones already made to be sold) and reams them with his
> special 2 stage reaming process. It's great to see him
> personally to try out 10-20 barrels and find the one(s) you want
> instead of getting just one mailorder. Like all of the rest of
> the parts of the clarinet, the barrels have individual qualities
> that depend on the instrument you pair it with.
>
> My last set of Buffets were RC bores, and I had 2 Chadash
> barrels for each (along with Clark Fobes barrels, which I also
> used quite a bit on the RC instruments. I have not had to buy
> the Chadash barrels recently. I have a set of Guy Chadash
> clarinets, and he makes the barrels for me custom when I need
> them (it's a free perk with his clarinets...lifetime repair for
> the Chadash clarinets and barrels of any length, when needed.) I
> also have one of his custom C barrels for my Patricola C
> clarinet with a thicker wall on the barrel - amazing difference
> in the sound of my C. The Chadash A barrels even made my Leblanc
> L300 A (backup instrument) play AMAZINGLY well...better in tune
> and more projection without being too edgy. I would consider
> Guy's barrels for MOST French bore instruments, including the
> RC. YMMV on German or Viennese instruments.
>
> If we meet up, you are more than happy to try my Chadash
> clarinets too...he usually only has finished clarinets for a few
> days in his studio before getting them to the people who ordered
> them, so it's potluck whether you see him when he has new
> clarinets fully made, or a bunch in progress instead.
>
> When are you coming to NYC?
>
> Kelly Abraham
> Clarinet and Saxophone
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> --- Matthew Lloyd <Matthew@-----.uk> wrote:
> > I have tried to email the man himself on the address given on
> > the
> > website, but it doesn't work. So, appealing to the combined
> > knowledge of
> > the list....
> >
> > The site implies that Chadash barrels are mass produced - in
> > the sense
> > that one buys a ready made one rather than any implication of
> > huge
> > production runs. Yet I have a race memory of talking to
> > someone who took
> > his clarinet to Guy and had a barrel made specifically for
> > that very
> > instrument.
> >
> > Given that I will be in New York for five days in September I
> > thought
> > this might have been the opportunity for the latter.....
> >
> > So what is the score? It is of course quite possible that both
> > are true!
> > And does anyone know any reason why one of these barrels is
> > unsuited to
> > the RC (I'm aware that there is a strong preference to the
> > R-13 over
> > there!) He just deals with the Bb/A?
> >
> > Finally does anyone have a working email address for him?
> >
> > Matthew Lloyd
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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