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Author: shmuelyosef
Date: 2020-04-01 22:39
Has anyone seen one of these before? If so, do you know what the design is intended for?
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2020-04-01 23:53
I used the DEG barrels back in the '80s. They were the ones that look like radiators. The main idea behind them is that the aluminum body warms quickly and gets you up to speed with regard to tuning right away. Mine played a bit "brighter" than wood and helped with projection, though the tuning is the main thing.
..............Paul Aviles
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2020-04-02 04:43
As far as I know, all of the bores were straight, so this didn't help or hinder tuning.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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Author: Jarmo Hyvakko
Date: 2020-04-02 13:02
I almost bought one in early 90's. I understood that the combination of aluminium and the radiator type of design was that the barrel would cool off very efficiently to keep the temperature of the barrel at the same level to minimize the changes in intonation.
Jarmo Hyvakko, Principal Clarinet, Tampere Philharmonic, Finland
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Author: ruben
Date: 2020-04-02 17:45
My memories of using one were that it robbed one's tone of colors. It sounded hollow.
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Author: SteveP
Date: 2020-04-02 18:20
I have a DEG Accubore aluminum (with the fins) which is a 65mm and is labelled "Moennig" as it has a tapered bore. As I recall those labelled "B" (as in "B65") were for Buffet and those labelled "L65" (or other number) were for Leblanc. It sounded as good as other barrels on certain horns, and mildly helped intonation on certain mouthpieces, but the improvements weren't consistent or enough to outweigh the scrutiny of other players or my mentor at the time.
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