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Author: Vova Doob(UA)
Date: 2012-10-21 09:53
Hi! Yesterday i find, that my Selmer Series 9 sounds better with buffet barrel. Everything good with tune and much easier to blow. Maby there is sense to buy buffet barrel to selmer clarinet? Maby someone had same experience?
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Author: TJTG
Date: 2012-10-21 15:01
Play with what works in tune, sounds good, and makes you happy. I was using an opus barrel on a Normandy 4 for a while with good results. (The original barrel was stolen)
Thomas Ridenour is a big advocate that buffet's measurements are phooey and that they come in a wide tolerance of sizes. You very well may have found one that matches up to your instrument.
Let your ear be your guide, but maybe ask what somebody else things too. Make sure the test is blind because many people are jaded.
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Author: William
Date: 2012-10-21 15:14
Duke, "If it sounds good, is IS good." There is no law that says you have to use clarinets with matching model barrels. FWIW, a very good jazz clarinetist here in Madison played on an Albert system clarinet made up from five different other instruments. It just happened that when one joint cracked and became unrepairable, he would simply replace it with a joint from another instrument laying in the repair shoppe--or garage sale, wherever, lol. The resulting clarinet was remarkably in tune with an even scale. Certainly, if the barrel fits, and it sounds good, there is no reason not to use it. As with all clarinets, let your ear be your guide.
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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2012-10-21 17:47
Maybe from here you should try changing the upper joint? And then the lower joint and the bell? :-)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-10-21 18:44
Do be aware that using a Buffet barrel on a Selmer will cause the Selmer-made sections of the clarinet to spontaneously combust due to the heat generated via the combined telekinetic powers of enraged Buffet fans!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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