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Re: Consistency on Brand New R13? Barrel?

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-11-23 22:14

Well, lot of things to unpack here. Back in the 70s we were all bent out of shape over Buffet including 65mm barrels as standard length because the result was usually to sharp. This was when all available mouthpieces were higher pitch (I still personally think the intonation of our horns is more compatible with those....but I digress).

Buffet heard us, and now equips their horns with barrels that are a full millimeter longer. Of course now most mouthpieces are designed to produce a 'darker,' 'fuller' sound (i.e. the Vandoren 13 Series). Now there is a tendency toward what you describe.....oh well.

But if you have a 65mm barrel and it works great, USE it!

...............Paul Aviles

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