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Re: Eb Clarinet barrel under 40mm?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-03-01 00:24

crysania wrote:

> I did find out that I can get one custom made in 38mm. Now the
> next question is -- is it a standard size connection. I need to
> measure the joint and compare it to a modern Eb clarinet and
> see if it's the same size.

The maker may want your barrel as a model for the internal socket diameter. Did the subject come up with a custom maker (or have you only looked at custom barrels online)?

When you mention fighting with the throat notes, does that mean they're really sharp? You could bring the pitch of those notes down without replacing the barrel (and without affecting the other notes if they're already mostly in tune) by using thin tape placed in the top of one or more of the throat notes' tone holes. You might both flatten and "darken" those specific notes independently, since you don't need to worry about twelfths.

Karl

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