Author: maxopf
Date: 2014-07-31 07:08
Hi, another 1st chair high school player here. Wooden barrels can make the tone of an otherwise plastic clarinet much more wood-y - maybe not to the extent of a fully wood clarinet, but it'll be noticeably different. Clark Fobes barrels and Backun barrels are among the most popular (I personally play a Fobes cocobolo barrel.) At a music camp I went to a couple of weeks ago, we put one of the Fobes barrels on someone's plastic clarinet as a demonstration, and everyone immediately went "ooh" when they heard the better tone.
And yes, a full repadding on your clarinet will help immensely, especially if pads are beginning to fray.
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