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Author: Ryan K
Date: 2007-10-19 14:21
Time to bombard you all with questions.
Just being curious, how many people here use barrels or bells that aren't stock with their clarinets?
I personally play a buffet r-13. Should I ever consider upgrading either of these parts of the clarinets, and if so, what products should I consider.
What specific aspects of your playing do they alter? Tone Quality? Intonation? Response? Other Factors?
Also, as a function of cost, are the expensive prices some of these products heft actually worth the benefit to your playing.
Thanks,
Ryan K
Ryan Karr
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA
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Author: rtmyth
Date: 2007-10-19 15:55
Portnoy told me he tried every clarinet, bell, and barrel combination he had time for (about a week) at the Buffet factory.
richard smith
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Author: Brent
Date: 2007-10-19 16:29
I use a barrel made by Walter Grabner on my 10Gs. It serves to bring the 12ths more into tune.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2007-10-19 16:52
Recently a local symphony player asked that I listen to him play and change between several bells and barrels by two makers that are mentioned and praised on this forum (plus the stock ones). It wasn't blindfold, but for fwiw there was a little difference in tone between different barrels and bells. Not better and not worse, just a little, very little, different. With the bells intonation was excellet with all of them so that wasn't a concern. All abrrels had good intoantion too with just slight differnces, but it seemed that wanted to know just about the tone because he was very happy with the intonation with all the barrels. I tried the barrels and bells too and preferred the stock bell, and it was a tie between the stock barrel and one of the other barrels. Right after we met he played in the concert and from listening I had no idea which bell or barrel he used.
I use the stock barrel and bell with my clarinet.
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Author: clockwiser
Date: 2007-10-19 18:02
The barrel and bell must be part of the original design of a clarinet. The R13 is famous and I'm sure the barrel and bell had some contribution on its success.
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2007-10-19 19:20
They generally make very small, unnoticeable (to most anyone but the player) differences. This is more a matter of what's most comfortable for the player than something that will drastically affect the quality of ones playing.
Christopher Nichols, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
University of Delaware
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Author: Bubalooy
Date: 2007-10-19 19:48
First, I would like to say that I believe many barrels are sold because most of us like to get a new toy from time to time. But having said that, I recently got a Chadash barrel, along with a new mouthpiece, from Greg Smith. I wasn't very convinced about the barrel thing but after repeatedly trying my stock barrel and the chadash, I came to believe the Chadash was better and I bought it. Would anyone notice the difference but me? I don't know. Would everybody agree that the sound with the Chadash is better? probably not, but it is closer to the sound concept I strive for.
Also, there is an obvious reason for getting a different barrel; the length. You may choose to get a slightly longer or shorter barrel to change the tuning of the instrument.
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2007-10-19 20:03
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=247956&t=247956
The above link to a search on this BB yields a lot of info.
One thing I would change is my statement about Kingwood.
Yes, I do like it, but lately I am more enamored of M'Pingo (African Blackwood, or what many term true Granadilla) since I have found a reliable source.
Disclaimer : I make and sell barrels.
Allan
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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