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Different barrel and mouthpiece for Selmer CT

Author: gkern
Date: 2013-04-16 22:12

I have always liked playing and the sound of my Selmer Centered Tone. I had been using a 67mm Series 9 A barrel and a Portnoy BP02 mouthpiece. (When I bought it from that auction site, it came without a barrel). Recently, I put a 65mm David Weber barrel and a Selmer HS** mouthpiece on, and it made quite a change for the better, at least to my ear, a much softer, more pleasant tone.

Has anyone else monkeyed around with barrels and/or mouthpieces on a CT?

Gary K

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Re: Different barrel and mouthpiece for Selmer CT

Author: Alseg
Date: 2013-04-17 19:26

I find it interesting that you are enjoying the NARROWER bore barrels of the Series 9- for an A clarinet and the tapered Weber barrel on a Selmer CT clarinet.
Usually a wider bore is selected for the CT and the RI models, but what the heck...it works. The 9A is still wider than Buffets of the era, but somewhat narrower than the CT. The Weber (unless Bob DiLutis made it specifically for the Selmer) is narrower in the bore, and tapered.

Hope the Bocote is holding up.

Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-

Post Edited (2013-04-17 23:39)

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Re: Different barrel and mouthpiece for Selmer CT

Author: mmichel
Date: 2021-01-07 00:37

I've resurrected this thread because I just purchased (and measured) one of these Weber barrels for my own N-series Selmer, which is essentially identical to a CT.

First, note that Bob DiLutis makes 2 different models of the Weber barrels: a "straight" version with a cylindrical bore (which he recommends for Bb clarinets) and a "tapered" version (which he recommends for A clarinets).

I purchased the "straight" version, and it's a nearly perfect fit for Selmer's CT-era clarinets. The bore is exactly 15.0 mm and has a nearly perfectly circular cross-section (unlike my stock barrels). The socket is just slightly short (18.8 mm for the socket vs. 19.0 mm for the upper joint tenon), but only by 1/5 of a mm, so it's not significant or noticeable.

I bought it because I needed a slightly shorter barrel, but it plays better than either of my stock barrels.

I highly recommend these for Selmer CT, Series 9 (NOT 9*), and similar instruments, as an inexpensive, off-the-shelf replacement for the stock barrels.

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