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Re: searching for the "perfect" barrel

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2021-05-21 16:42

When I settled on the Backun barrels on my Buffets many years ago I tried over a dozen to find the ones that played the way I wanted for each clarinet, I was using a Chadash before that. I haven't tried many of the "newer" ones since then since I was so happy with what I was using and now I'm retired but my point is they all played a little different. I found the same thing when I tired other brands, never played two exactly alike. I do use an Alan Segal on my Selmer, years ago he sent me three to try and one was "perfect". I found the same thing with the Backun bells, never thought they made a difference until I tried a half dozen or more, now I have them on all my clarinets. It's like picking out a new clarinet, you try 5, 10, 20 until you find the right one for you. Every piece of wood has a difference. You just have to try as many as you can until one says, wow, this is it.

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