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Re: Eb barrel help!

Author: gsurosey
Date: 2014-05-16 04:09

If you can get a hold of a Robert Scott barrel, they fit tighter than some others (though I do know someone that has a Noblet eefer and the Scott barrel was too tight). Muncy Winds has them. Maybe contact them and WWBW and see what they recommend. There are several barrel makers here that may have some insight as well. If you have some teflon tape, you can wrap that around the cork on the barrel tenon for testing purposes to see if you can find something that helps intonation and you can go from there.

While the eefer generally requires more "tricks" (for lack of a better word that comes to mind) to play in tune with itself and others, you have to know whether this instrument can be worked with or if the intonation is so bad, there's no hope for it.

My eefer is an older Bundy that plays decently in tune with a 44mm Backun tulipwood barrel (and matching bell, though I did have to get the tenon socket bored out to fit since the tenon was too large for the bell socket). Some notes are more in tune than others, but I'm not killing myself adjusting every note wildly. I think it would be even better if I played it more frequently, but I have a lot more opportunities to play bass clarinet than Eb clarinet, so that's what I concentrate on.

I've never played on a LeBlanc LL, so I'm not sure what the best option for that particular instrument is.

Good luck!

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Rachel

Clarinet Stash:
Bb/A: Buffet R13
Eb: Bundy
Bass: Royal Global Max

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