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Author: Megham
Date: 2010-04-16 03:27
I am looking for a new barrel for my r13 greenline. I have just tried the Scott barrels in different lengths and for various reasons I am not in love with them. I have seen a couple of great reviews on WWBW regarding the Ridenour barrels and would like to give them a try. Does any one here use one or has anyone tried them? What are your thoughts? Thanks.
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Author: rossbu
Date: 2010-04-16 10:02
Work great for me - I'd contact Tom because there are several configurations and you want to be sure to get the correct one for your horn.
Burt
bross141@comcast.net
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2010-04-16 15:46
I have an Ivorolon model R barrel and have some mixed feelings about it:
1. The barrel does add a generous measure of warmth, sweetness, and overall refinement to the tone.
2. The projection of my clarinets becomes more diffuse/less focused. The sound just kind of floats around the room like a plume of cigarette smoke, rather than smartly getting out to the back of the hall. This is nice for intimate settings; not so much when you've got to cut through a large ensemble.
3. Perceived volume level coming out of the horn drops off slightly.
4. Pianissimo playing becomes quite a bit easier; there is more accuracy and control with pitch and articulation.
5. The twelfths become wider if one uses too high-pitched a mouthpiece. My favorite Selmer HS* mouthpiece doesn't tune well with an R barrel.
I bought the Ivorolon barrel to warm up the tone on a Vito 7214 clarinet, and for that application the Ivorolon barrel works brilliantly. When the stock barrel on my vintage Normandy died, I ended up going to a Backun MoBa grenadilla barrel as I just couldn't get the sound out there with the Ivorolon.
Hope this helps...Cheers, Ursa
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Author: grifffinity
Date: 2010-04-17 04:27
I tried an Ivorolon on my 1968 Buffet R-13 back in Dec during a visit to Weiner Music.
Not a good match for my MPC (Gennusa) and horn. I found the sound shallow and shrill. There was also a weird uneven resistance - I couldn't get enough volume in certain registers and other registers were uncontrollable.
You have to test it out on your own MPC and horn though.
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Author: clariniano
Date: 2010-04-19 22:36
I LOVE this barrel, almost 3 months after I got it, though I mainly got a new barrel because the one for my A was loose with the mouthpiece, and my Bb barrel had cracked twice anyway. My A was instantly much better than before, it wasn't squeaking like it was before I replaced the barrel, which for a long time I thought was key and pad adjustments. I found that I too could get really soft pianississimos while still being heard; even my husband noticed a significant difference. (he's a pianist, organist, and trombonist)
Meri
Please check out my website at: http://donmillsmusicstudio.weebly.com and my blog at: http://clariniano.wordpress.com
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Author: Megham
Date: 2010-04-20 01:15
Thanks for your input everyone. It sounds like it might be worth a shot if I can get my hands on one.
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