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Author: Bill McK
Date: 2008-04-21 18:13
I saw a couple of these adjustable barrels on Ebay lately go for $54 and $74. I have looked but have not been able to find out any history on them or why they might go at what appears to be a higher price than expected.
One listed a patent date of 1919 and this one was listed as a Conn barrel in their descriptions.
Bill McK
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Author: C2thew
Date: 2008-04-22 04:13
why so special? because they offer the versatility of correcting your pitch. In addition, they help anticipate what size barrel you will need to buy before buying the barrel, testing it out for intonation, and sending it back to get a longer one.
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Bradley
are a few adjustables that i know.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-04-22 12:24
And with the slide type adjustable barrels, you don't get left with such a void when lengthened as you do with normal barrels when they're pulled out, leaving a gap between the top joint tenon and the inside of the lower barrel socket (though tuning rings fill in this gap).
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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