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Author: the clarinator
Date: 2001-12-13 17:03
What's the worth of a SILVER KING clarinet without the tuning barrel? Horn is in great shape....though I couldn't try it out because there was no barrel with it...
Can one be made? Anyone have one to sell?
Is it worth buying the horn if it has no barrel? thanks....
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Author: willie
Date: 2001-12-13 20:17
The Silver King is a good horn, but without the original tuning barrel, I would hesitate to pay much. You will have to find a barrel that fits and there are several variations (no standardizations I know of) in barrels for metal clarinets. Some have different diameters and some slip over the outside where others slip into the inside of the clarinet. There are defferent lengths too. You could have one made but the cost the cost will most likely be pretty high, especially if you want it to have the tunable feature. Remmember, parts for metal clarinets are made from a very rare alloy called "unobtanium". You may have to do some serious scrounging.
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Author: the clarinator
Date: 2001-12-13 23:05
Thanks Willie...Price for the horn is $150. Far as I can tell...it probably needs a few pads...and adjustment....but without the barrel made from "unobtainium", I guess it's an expensive lamp.
Anyone have a SILVER KING barrel they'd like to part with?
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Author: Peter
Date: 2001-12-14 03:40
I would wonder if many metal clarinets would be worth a $150.00 price, with or without the barrel.
I am, most definitely, a metal clarinet lover (well, maybe enthusiast) and I buy one every now and then (all with barrels, so far) but usually pay from $30.00 to $70.00
for them, in overhaulable condition and with all keys intact.
I don't really know the about the prices they may be worth, I pay for them according to how much they strike my fancy and how little I can get away paying.
Gee, Willie, I've spent years wondering what that metal was that makes everything made out of it so expensive. It must be very scarce. Unobtanium, live and learn (very apropos.)
Actually, the steak my kid ordered two days ago, at that fancy restaurant must have been made out of it.
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Author: willie
Date: 2001-12-14 04:11
Actually you ought to try and point out the missing parts and repairs needed to try and talk them down on it. Even if you had to adapt another barrel it may be worth having. Thought I don't own one, I have heard them play so well.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2001-12-14 19:21
If you have the Exact Dimensions, I may have, or might be able to find something to fit it. Yes, a barrel could be made but, ordinarily, when the barrel's gone the instrument is considered scrap - cut up for patching material etc.
I'm surprised not to see the question posted to this yet:
'what ever became of "Miss Lonely Parts" ?
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Author: Fred
Date: 2001-12-14 22:33
I don't believe that most silver kings had tuning barrels; ie, barrels with tuning mechanisms. Most were just plain removable barrels. On the one silver king I've seen that has what I believe to be a tuning barrel, the barrel does not appear to be removable, and the case is designed to accomodate the extra length.
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