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Author: Lisa L
Date: 2001-12-09 21:46
Hello All,
I used to have an Accubore (sp?) barrel for years and recently got a Moennig. How has the Accubore worked for people? Just curious.... Thanks.
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Author: William
Date: 2001-12-09 22:43
I have a few Accubores (for Bb, A and Eb) that I have tried, but never really liked. For custom barrels, I am currently using a Chadash (that I got from Greg Smith) on my Concerto A and a Springer (that I got from Lee) on my Buffet Bb. To each his own, I guess.......Good Clarineting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Author: dan powell
Date: 2001-12-09 23:06
it has worked great for me but i play jazz clarinet . works better on my selmer and leblanc than on my r13 as mine was not made for buffet bore. i use a 64mm. brighter tone than wood
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Author: Lisa L
Date: 2001-12-10 03:27
I have found that I am much happier with my Moenning than I would have been with my Accubore. I have never heard of a Chadash barrel...
William: How do you find your Chadash?
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Author: donald nicholls
Date: 2001-12-10 07:39
i used a Chadash for 2 years, a Moenig for about 4 or 5 years then changed to a barrel made by Mr Jimmy Yan in New York. For all of these barrels i had to try out a number of them and pick out the one that i liked the best.....
even though the DEG barrels are made of Alluminum there is no reason why they shouldn't sound quite good and be very consistent- but you still have to try out a few and find that one sounds/works better than the other. I wonder sometimes if it's not that the cork on the clarinet and mouthpiece joints is not often completely symetrical, and that this means slight variations in the alignment of the barrel socket and bore affect tone/response depending on whether they "fit" the joints on the clarinet etc?????? Knowing this business (clarinet nerd assorted bits and pieces) there will be a number of reasons.... including how good a player you are.
My students all love to play my DEG accubore "dark" barrel that lives on my music shelf, but my colleages tell me that when i use it my sound loses most of its ring and seems "mushy" to them.
donald
ps- Engineers tell me that it is quite easy to duplicate exact bore dimensions... but keeping the quality up for mass production is altogether another kettle of fish.....
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2001-12-10 16:27
I hear a lot of people talk about "dark" mouthpieces, "dark" barrels, but few talking about moving tongue position, relaxation techniques, breathing changes, using different reed strengths, and other ways to finesse a particular sound out of your instrument without changing equipment. Hard reeds are not necessarily dark; soft ones are not necessarily bright.
Even with "state-of-the-art" production there is enough variation to notice. The difference one model of barrel makes on a one model of clarinet will vary between barrels, between instruments, and between players. This situation will change as production techniques get better.
Clarinet players are a lot like go-cart racers - everybody is always checking out the winning cart for the latest gizmo, then getting one themselves to bolt on for the next race. I am no different - I have a couple of cigar boxes of barrels of every make and size, and another box full of ligatures, and another couple boxes of mouthpieces, but keep coming back to the same mouthpiece and ligature, and only use the stock barrel or a short one when needed. This is the one setup which (for me) has the flexibility to work for orchestral jobs, chamber music, and klezmer weddings.
I used an accubore on my last clarinet in an attempt to remediate intonation problems, which were fixed by getting a new clarinet, one that didn't have hundreds of weddings on it.
Clarinet technology is not changing as radically as go-cart technology. I would encourage playing on as many instruments, barrels, mouthpieces, etc. early on in your career. Then settle on a particular setup that doesn't seem to lock you into anything and keep trying to improve your playing on that setup.
Have a Moennig; tried at least a dozen before settling on that one. I liked it, used it for a while, but now it is back in the box.
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