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Re: Selecting a Shorter Barrel

Author: Ken.
Date: 2021-10-22 12:38

NOLA Ken wrote:

> A friend was dealing with the same issue of his Selmer
> Signature playing quite flat with the 62.5mm barrel and a
> Vandoren M15 mouthpiece. A change to a Selmer C85 120 brought
> his Signature up to playing a bit sharp, which satisfied him
> because he wants the flexibility to tune a bit at the barrel.
> He's also going to experiment with a C85 115 and different
> strength reeds. I haven't heard the results of these
> experiements yet.

I also just found that changing to a Chicago Kasper 14 mouthpiece brought the Signature back in tune. I'm not sure what happened as when I tried it a few months ago before posting this thread it didn't make any difference.

I'm still planning on getting a shorter barrel though, probably a 61 mm just in case.

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