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Re: 66 mm barrels, urgent advice

Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2006-06-18 23:33

Hi Ben,

Disclaimer: I am not a barrel maker, mouthpiece designer, woodworker, or surgeon (but I slept at a Holiday Inn Express this year - American commercial).

Trying to find something that matches clarinet tuning rings at Plumber R Us will be rather tricky. You need to find an exact match for the inside diameter of the lower part of the barrel, an opening that matches the bore exit diameter of the barrel and is close to the opening of the bore on the upper joint of the clarinet, and then is of the right thickness. An awful lot of variables.

FWIW, I have several Scott barrels as well as Chadash amd Moennig barrels (one that was reported to have been reamed by "The Man" himself) of various lengths and shapes; all seem to work well regardless of the make. But then, I was not gifted with that good of an ear.

As Gregory Smith has so eloquently stated, what is needed is "any standard Buffet 66mm barrel (or Moenning inverted taper bore if you desire) so that the clarinet will play at the proper overall pitch."

HRL

PS But then, temperature can play into this equation also.

Post Edited (2006-06-18 23:37)

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