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Re: Eb Clarinet barrel under 40mm?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-03-01 03:20

Eb clarinet bodies vary considerably in length from one maker to another as do their barrels as a result - an Eb clarinet with a longer body will have a short barrel compared to one with a shorter body (at the top end) and longer barrel.

Selmer's stock Eb clarinet barrels are different in length to Buffet's stock Eb barrels, so there isn't any real standard when it comes to joint/barrel lengths of Eb clarinets compared to Bb/A clarinets (which are less variable in joint and barrel lengths by comparison).

But if you find you're having to pull the barrel out by over 2mm to bring the instrument into tune with itself, then that is drastic and a longer barrel will probably be best. But if most notes are in tune and a few are sharp, then they can be dealt with to bring them down to pitch.

I had to do fill in the throat notes on my 1962 Buffet Eb as they were very sharp from G to Bb, so only had to fill in the G, G# and A toneholes to resolve that (using the longest barrel) and that was less costly than a new barrel which wouldn't have done much anyway.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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