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Re: What is/was wrong with big bore clarinets?

Author: shmuelyosef
Date: 2017-02-24 02:45

I have a Selmer CT and Series 9, and they both play about as in tune as the 1960's era Buffet R13 I used to have.

Also, on both of them, the LH joint diameter measures smaller at the bottom than at the top...in both cases, about 0.2mm. So they are actually polycylindrical.

The toneholes on the CT are huge...enough so that I have to pay a lot more attention to finger position on the LH. The Series 9 are smaller, and it is a little less freeblowing than the CT.

I would also emphasize that, at the time I was switching from my R-13 to the Selmers, I had to buy new mouthpieces. I was using an older Woodwind NY and a Vandoren B45 on the R-13, now on the Selmers, I use a Fobes and older Morgan pieces (from the era when Frank made them).

Even on the R13, at one point I bought a Moennig reverse taper barrel, and it greatly improved the intonation and mouthpiece-friendliness, but in the end, getting new clarinets got me the sound and playability that I wanted.

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