The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Re: Adjustable barrels any good?

Author: JMason
Date: 2019-02-20 07:15

I have the barrel you are asking about. This is from another post about tuning problems:

I am 66 years old and I play in two different venues;church where the piano is tuned to 440 and most of the time feels like 50 degrees; second a jazz band where the sax player always plays sharp 442 or 443 and won't change so everyone else just tunes to what he is doing,(it is a good thing that the keyboard has an adjustable tone slider.) To solve my problem I bought an adjustable barrel a "FACB-01 Freedom Adjustable Clarinet Barrel" from RS Berkeley around $80.00 on Amazon. It is adjustable from 60mm to over 70mm and I cannot tell any sound difference and allows me to play however sharp the crazy sax player wants to play.
But it also helps when I play in church. You play one song and wait 20 minutes and then play 3 or 4 songs and wait another 20 or 30 minutes. My clarinet plays flat when cold but after a couple of minutes will play in tune. With just a twist of the wrist I can play in tune with out any work on my part.

I like it.

Jeff

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics

Author

Date

Adjustable barrels any good? new

SunnyDaze

2019-02-20 07:02

Re: Adjustable barrels any good? new

JMason

2019-02-20 07:15