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Author: The lost clarinetist
Date: 1999-05-03 20:45
Barrels barrels barrels... can't seem to find the right one. I am a high school student and am an owner of an R13 clarinet. Right now I am interested in purchasing a new barrel, but need a recommendation from you first. Chadash or Moenning? Are the accubore or Pynes good too? Geez, it's so much hum bug to order a few through the catalog and find the matching one. Too bad there isn't a factory in Hawaii... Thanks for your help!!
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Author: Gary Van Cott
Date: 1999-05-03 23:25
I don't think you can really by a barrel out of a catalog. When I bought mine from Clark Fobes in San Francisco, I must have tried 10-12.
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Author: Daniel
Date: 1999-05-04 05:14
I have had much success with Clark Fobes' barrels. They have a nice rich sound. A little dark but not so dark that it's dull. There's a good ring to the tone and the projection is great.
I don't recommend Mönnig barrels unless you have access to try about 30 or so before buying one. Being that Buffet Mönnig barrels aren't actually reamed by Hans himself (due to the slight complication that he is dead), they aren't really Mönnig's barrels. The tend to be very inconsitent anyway. Most of them that i have played have been very bright with most of the mouthpiece setups i've tried.
Chadash barrel, on the other hand, i've been pleased with. I haven't found one that i fell in love with to replace my Fobes', but they do have nice qualities about them. Again, with my setups, most of them play too bright for my playing. But they give a very nice ring to the sound.
I don't care for the synthetic barrels. Such as Pyne and Bay. Although i have tried a friend's Robert Scott barrel and was pleased with the sound. But plastic just doesn't beat wood.
Accubore barrels are okay for some situations. I certainly wouldn't use one for a concert setting. But for pit playing, when you need to be able to pick up the horn and be warmed up fairly quickly, they do the job. For being completely non-wood, they have a very adequate sound. Plus they are pretty affordable.
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Author: Daniel
Date: 1999-05-04 05:17
I also tried Ralph Morgan's new barrel last summer at ClarinetFest '98. I haven't seen his barrels in any of the catalogs yet. But i was very very pleased with eerything about them. While they are priced higher than even the Fobes barrels, they're cetainly worth investigating.
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Author: paul
Date: 1999-05-04 22:20
Okay, okay, this isn't meant to match the well prepared postings above. However, if you want to match the R-13 sound and keep it pretty much exactly "right there", my personal opinion is to at least look at the stock Buffet barrels that you can buy via mail order from WW/BW and others. You know it will have a greater chance of matching the horn and you won't have to worry about the tone varying from the standard sound too much.
Like I said, this isn't the most imaginative solution, but if you are looking for a replacement barrel, at least it's worth considering as an option.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 1999-05-17 05:22
I have Greg-Smith 1 mouthpiece(parallel bore) and Chadash barrel reamed by himself:no slight step between barrel and mouthpiece.It seems make my breath smoothly enter into the instrument.Since in my place(Japan),it is difficult to try many barrels and to request reaming after chosing one(I guessed Gary requested it after many trials),I really think anyone who has those opportunities should take them.Reading Daniel's response I wondered even different length barrel may better be tried.
Although I am satisfied with my present setting, I am now interested in Muncy's barrels:they say many choices of barrels with different tonal and tuning needs($150) available.
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