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Makers+Dimensions of Barrels for Amati C clarinet

Author: HANGARDUDE
Date: 2021-12-09 19:55

Hi all,

Just wondering if any of you here (preferrably based in England, but I'm open to those elsewhere) has previously made barrels for the Amati C clarinet, ideally ones that allow Bb mpcs to work on the instrument? Please let me know, and I'll contact you via email. Thanks!
I have an Amati C which I bought from a blowout sale at Dawkes Music a year or so ago... but it does NOT have functional barrel, as its 2 barrels were improperly made at 41 & 43.5mm respectively, and have VERY different bore tapers, both apparently resulting in very poor intonation. The bore size of the horn is HUGE at 15mm, and has a big 3mm choke in the bell right below the lower joint tenon, and not sure if it also has some detriments to this C's performance?

PS I'm well aware of the Forté Cs the late Dr. Omar Henderson had Amati built for him, but since I've never encountered one, I don't know if the barrel dimensions of the Forté is the same as the 'vanilla' Amatis?

Josh

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