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Re: Synthetic barrel suggestions

Author: gsurosey
Date: 2016-08-29 09:13

Thought I replied here, but I guess I didn't.

Karl, I'm not sure how much the heat was a factor as it was 90+ degrees when I was playing this summer. Also, my teacher says I'm "sensitive to the gap" when pulling out, meaning my intonation is different if the barrel is simply pulled out vs. the barrel pulled the same distance with a tuning ring in there. I've had issues with tuning rings getting stuck in the past, but I'm willing to bet it was due to wooden tenons no longer being perfectly round (I know of one cracked barrel I had long ago that definitely had this problem). Or, it could be me used to playing my R13 and making adjustments for that rather than the Alpha.

A friend of mine owns a Ridenour barrel and isn't presently using it. As soon as I can remember who it is, I'll see about borrowing it.

I'll have a better idea in a couple months as I'm playing Reed 3 for Little Mermaid in November for a local high school. Well, part of the book anyway. The conductor is giving the flute and sax parts to students to give more players a chance to play (she uses a combination of hired players and students), though I'll learn the entire book for fun. The clarinet parts in the other books will be covered by students as well as the neither the hired flautist nor double reed player double on clarinet. It'll also test my transposition skills as I only own an alto sax and the book has soprano and tenor. My flute chops only get used every few years, so I have a tendency to play about a quarter step flat if I'm not in shape and blowing warm air a good bit before having to play.

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Rachel

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

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