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A clarinet barrels

Author: rsholmes
Date: 2008-06-25 13:58

A post in another thread led me to an article by Clark Fobes at http://www.clarkwfobes.com/Tuning%20for%20young.htm, in which he writes:

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A good Buffet R-13 Bb Clarinet should tune properly (A= 440-441) with a 66mm barrel. Given variations in individuals and mouthpieces, 65mm and 67mm are also acceptable lengths. A Clarinets generally use 65mm barrels, but 64mm and 66mm are acceptable.

And that's something I've read before, but never understood. Why does an A clarinet use a shorter barrel than a B-flat?

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