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Re: barrels

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-12-11 21:08

I don't agree with Paul if I understand him correctly. The longer the barrel is the more it will effect the throat tones more than the notes at the lower end of the horn because the ratio of distance is so acute. The distance from the mouthpiece to the throat tones is a lot less then it is to the lowest part of the horn. If you're throat tones are in tune but you need a longer barrel for everything else chances are those throat tones will now be slightly flatter in relation the the rest of the horn once you use the longer barrel. That's why many players pull out the middle joint in cases like that. Remember too, the bore of each barrel will effect the tone quality as well as the intonation. Some type of barrels will make one register slightly sharper or flatter than another. There's a reason that the majority of professional use after market barrels no matter that came with their clarinets. My Selmer Signature came with a 62.5 and a 64 mm barrel. The 64 played much to flat for me with my set up. After trying several Backun barrels I like the way that sounded and tuned even better that then 62.5 that came with it. On my old set of Buffets I've used a variety of different barrels over the years until settling on the Backuns too because I just liked the way they sounded and tuned better but I tried a great many of them because every barrel from every manufacture plays slightly different. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com

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