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Re: Chadash rough interior

Author: Alseg
Date: 2007-09-25 20:46

The smoothness is immaterial if it plays well.
There is no correlation with tendency to crack, either.

While barrel artisans try to burnish bores to glass-like smoothness, it is NOT uncommon to find that their better-playing offerings have some roughness to them. Smoothness is perceived by the buyer as an indication of quality.
I try to achieve smoothness, but overzealousness can ruin a perfectly good barrel. (Perfection is the enemy of good)

There are those who believe that porousity, or wider grain, increases sonority. Moennig believed this, and my original barrel made by him was a bit rough. The same approach is said to apply to the ridges seen in hand-applied baffles found in mouthpieces.

Disclaimer...I make and sell barrels.

Allan Segal

Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-

Post Edited (2007-09-25 20:50)

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