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barrel

Author: jez
Date: 2003-07-02 18:04

I'm trying out an interesting barrel.
It's marked "Inter-change-a-bore" and comes from Yamaha in the U.S. though I believe it's not made by them. I can't obtain one here in the U.K.

The idea is that the body of the thing (in Brass) has a slight taper but its made to screw in to the tenon joints (plastic) so you can have it either way round.
I can't detect much difference with inverting the taper, but do find it good to play on generally and wonder if that's simply because of the weight of the material.
What effect do you think the interchangability thing should have?
Has anyone seen/tried one of these?
Does anyone make barrels in different materials (glass/metal)?
What do you think?

jez

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Re: barrel

Author: jbutler ★2017
Date: 2003-07-02 18:12

Jez,

Check out this link:

http://www.rheuben.com/aboutus.html

Perhaps you can contact him and ask these questions directly. I do not have personal knoweledge of the barrel, just have read about it.

jbutler

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Re: barrel

Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2003-07-02 18:29

I played one maybe 5 or 6 years back and was less than impressed. To me it didn't seem to offer anything on either my 10G or my son's Festival - the stock barrels felt & sounded better. The few we tried (we were at the Yamaha assembly factoiry in Grand Rapids) didn't fit either the Seler or Buffet properly, either - the barrel was loose on both horns.

I thought they had fallen off the face of the earth since then. Good idea in principle, didn't seem to work in practice. Perhaps they've improved since then.

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Re: barrel

Author: BobD
Date: 2003-07-02 20:41

My old Lafayette has a brass tube lining in the upper section

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Re: barrel

Author: icecoke12
Date: 2003-07-03 13:59

Since we are on the topic of barrels, can anyone reccomend or share experience about any new barrels that they purchased/played on recently and found that its good?

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Re: barrel

Author: icecoke12
Date: 2003-07-04 10:34

There are crystal mouthpieces.. but wonder why no one makes crystal barrels?

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Re: barrel

Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-07-04 23:37

I have seen a crystal barrel and a poly crystal. I can't tell you much more but they do exist.

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