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Re: Why get a special barrel

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2018-05-22 09:29

I'd suggest looking at other barrels, not just Backun. In fact they are on MY low end list of barrels to pick from. Guy Chadash has an assortment of fine barrels. Some are adjustable tuning and the sound quality is very nice. There are others as well. I haven't tested any, but Robert Scott in Michigan seems to have some decent barrels.

There is a person that posts here that makes 3D barrels. Each year they get better and better. Hopefully he will pop in and say hello. I've tested his and they may solve your problems. Also Buffet has horrible bells, so ask him about bells as well. Ryan.

To pick out a barrel you want the horn to tune better, the sound to be warmer and the horn to play free. So when you do find the right barrel sometimes a mouthpiece change is needed and the horn has to be tuned. Backun's in general dull the sound. Depending on the model.

Mouthpieces today are kind of made wrong in general. The bores are too small and often the lengths of the mouthpieces are too long. In some cases we have the Vandoren M series which is too long and the bore is too big. So the R13 bore doesn't match the mouthpiece and the horn has tuning issues. No barrel will fix this.

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