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RE: Barrels?

Author: Dee
Date: 1999-07-21 03:33

paul wrote:
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... Also, keep in mind that, like my stock barrels, any barrel will need to be adjusted from at least the top joint to get the entire horn to play in tune. I have to pull my A=440 barrel out about 1/2 mm and the A=442 out about 1/4 mm to get the horn to play right in tune. Hopefully, the adjustment for any other barrel is out (instead of "in", which is impossible) a fraction of a mm in length. Does this mean that the barrel manufacturers intentionally make their barrels slightly sharp (slightly short in length), so the player has room for adjustment on their individual horn? Does this assumption make sense?

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Yes this assumption makes sense. Otherwise you would have no way to get in tune in room that is chillier than average.

I have read that the stock barrels are generally designed so that you do indeed have to pull at normal room temperature. If the room is warm, you will have to pull even more and if its cool you have a bit of room to push in.

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