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Re: Boosey & Hawkes - Barrel & Bell lengths

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-11-19 02:52

If you mean the grain pattern on the bells and barrels is different to that of the rest of the clarinet, then that's pretty normal and not just confined to B&H either - you'll see this on nearly every wooden clarinet. You're never likely to find a single clarinet made from the same log with the same grain pattern from barrel through to bell as all the billets of wood are bought already cut to a specific size and length relative to the requirements and then mixed up (as well as a lot of them being rejected due to natural flaws).

B&H 1010s have considerably shorter bells on the Bb clarinets compared to the 1010 A clarinets - the A clarinet bells are around the same length as the bells on other B&H clarinets (Regent, Edgware, Emperor, Imperial 926) but the inside edge of 1010 bell flares are rounded off instead of having a sharp edge as the other clarinets offered by B&H had.

B&H barrels are normally 67mm long, but they are also available in 65mm and their 62mm barrels are marked 'SHORT' on the back. That's unless someone has shortened them instead of being made a shorter length than 67mm at the factory.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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