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Re: Bb bell on an A clarinet?

Author: mw
Date: 2004-03-18 21:31

Several (old) parts purveyors do NOT distinguish between Bb and A in their parts lists; simply listing the older Buffet bells as " Bb/A ". My belief is that Buffet (even) does this on several older models (obviously where the replacement is not marked "R13").

My experience has been, if the length & design are (approx.) same - no appreciable difference was noted.

On the other mano, we have also experimented with DIFFERENT Bell length or design (eg totally different/foreign bell) - noting impact the exchanges had on Bb & A Clarinets. We found that the impact of the bell replacement (w/same "different" bell) was approximately the same.

We even had some R13 Bells (1 an R13 modified by Morrie Backun) which had received interior modifications - again, no significant differences as to response between Bb & A (although we noted an approx. equal difference or change in tuning for both from their Bells they were (presently) mated with).

As to the latter, we have experimented with Buffet & Yamaha (models from 61 upwards to present day) & back & forth between models.

best,
mw

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