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Justification for a barrel like this?

Author: vintschevski
Date: 2013-11-29 01:32

Needing a 68mm barrel for my Buffet RC clarinet, I recently ordered one from a company that has been discussed on this board which offers barrels at comparatively low prices. I've just received it in the mail, and although externally it looks fine, internally it's a somewhat unpleasant surprise. The internal bore is way off centre, clearly so to the naked eye. And the finish at each end of the internal bore is rather poor (scratching), but particularly so at the mouthpiece end where there is a raised ridge, crescent-shaped, running around the fatter side (since the bore is off-centre).

I have lots of other clarinet barrels, far too many, and none has an internal finish anywhere near as poor as this.

I sent an email to the company with a swift reply that it is closed until 12th January next year.

Can it be theoretically argued that such a finish makes no difference to the playing quality of the barrel?

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