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Re: New Clarinet Plays Flat?

Author: kevin_bkt
Date: 2015-03-04 09:47

Here's an update on this Yamaha Bb clarinet. The store I bought it from had it checked out by their Yamaha artist, and he agreed that the instrument played flat. His suggestion was a shorter barrel. I told the folks at the store that I wasn't going to pay for a new barrel. They told me they'd look into getting one.

Today I got a phone call from them. I was told that Yamaha isn't making custom barrels right now because the facility where they do it is not operating - remodeling or some such thing. However, the senior repair person at the store modified the original barrel so that the clarinet now plays in tune.

This was a shock to me. They made a permanent modification to an instrument I paid for without even asking, and this seems over the line.

My daughter tried the clarinet and it does seem to be playing in tune now. The barrel is now 54.5mm long. But how do I know that what he did didn't alter the tone or change some other aspect of how it plays? Am I wrong in thinking that a custom 54.5mm barrel from Yamaha isn't the same thing as a 56.5mm barrel with 2mm cut off? Is this even a thing that people do??

I'd sure appreciate a sanity check here!

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