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Re: Sharp throat tones

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-03-29 01:17

There are several makers offering aftermarket barrels. While ringless barrels are popular, they are at far greater risk of the sockets splitting as all sockets need reinforcing with rings (metal or carbon fibre).

Buffet and Selmer Eb clarinets use different length barrels (as they have different length bodies), so if it's more like a Buffet Eb, then a Buffet barrel or a suitable barrel designed for Buffet Ebs will be compatible.

But experiment with the barrel you have and find the point where it is pulled out where the instrument is in tune with itself. That will give you an idea what length barrel to look for. You could make some cardboard spacers to use as tuning rings to fill in the void left between the socket and tenon to give a truer indication of which barrel length to go for.

But still have a barrel that plays a bit on the sharp side and is in tune when pulled out by around 0.5mm as it's much easier to flatten sharp notes than to sharpen flat ones.

Measure the total length of the main body section (in mm) from tenon tip to tenon tip - my 1962 Buffet R13 Eb measures 338mm (or 13 5/16" in old money) and the original barrel is 42mm.

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

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