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Re: How far is too far to pull out?

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2015-03-31 17:09

My old Bb and A Buffets are both in the 90K series and I use a 67 barrel on both. It depends on the mouthpiece you use and how you voice. If you have to pull out too much the top joint will eventually become wobbely so you need to be careful of that. Except for that it's all about tuning. I don't know how the throat tones can be well in tune relative to the Break notes pulled out that much and also be well in tune pushed in as well. My preference has always been to have the proper size barrel once warmed up and "tuned" my instrument so it played it's best. Of course I was a professional symphony player. I prefer no more than one mm variance myself. By the way, on my newer Selmer Bb I use a 62.5 barrel. The bores are so different.

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