Klarinet Archive - Posting 000025.txt from 2011/02

From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Backun Barrels
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:09:40 -0500

Tom:

You don't mention what kind of wood your barrel is made of. The only barrel
(knock on....wood!) that I've ever cracked was a cocobolo barrel, with metal
rings, not a Backun, on which I played too much in the first 24 hours after
I got it. My guess is that certain woods, being less dense or more porous,
require a more gradual break-in period. As far as fitting goes, it's only
TOO tight when there is wood-on-wood contact. It's better to have a little
room for contraction or swelling, especially with a new clarinet or barrel.

-Steve Hartman
NYC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Bassett" <bassettt1@-----.com>
To: "klarinet" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Backun Barrels

>
> I agree with you on the tuning issue, however that doesn't excuse the fact
> that the barrel says its made to fit buffet instruments and then cracked
> twice when putting it on a buffet clarinet.
>
> I really wasn't forcing it. It's like when you buy a brand new clarinet
> how its difficult to put it together no matter how much cork grease you
> put on it is still hard to put it together for about the first week. I
> have to put it on there at some point its the only way to ever get it to
> fit so I don't feel that I applied any unnecessary force that would cause
> it to crack. I had to REALLY force my clarinet together when I first got
> it and that doesn't have any cracks in it.
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