Author: eefer ★2017
Date: 2016-02-07 03:38
Hi! Try "eefer" for your term. I'm pretty good with spelling, so you won't confuse anyone. 😁 Morrie Backun makes barrels and bells for any instrument. The trick is to buy from him or his authorized dealers, and not anywhere else. Otherwise, things won't be sized to the instrument. Just give the make of the instrument (and if you have a length preference for your barrel, give that, too), and you will be sent the correctly-sized product. Cocobolo is not as stable as grenadilla (or the tulipwood, in my experience). Sometimes it gets slightly out of round in the tenon sockets. If it doesn't fit, call and ask to exchange. Backun Musical has always been very good about customer service.
I play a 70s Buffet R-13 that has been Backun-ized. I use tulipwood barrels and bells most of the time, but for certain music and in certain halls, I will switch to a grenadilla barrel and bell. My keywork has been plated in silver, too. My mouthpiece is a Backun Traditional, with either a BG Super Revelation (for exceptional articulation)or a Silverstein Cryo-Gold ligature. I also have a Patricola rosewood eefer with Backun cocobolo barrels and bell.
Nancy Buckman
AACC Symphony Orchestra
Opera AACC
Early Music Society of Northern MD
(and a lot of other ensembles, too)
nebuckman@gmail.com
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