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Author: kehammel
Date: 2021-03-13 22:45
I bought a synthetic Muncy barrel, longer than my usual Muncy barrel of the same type, to practice playing with a higher tongue position. The first one they sent me was so loose at the top that the mouthpiece would just fall out. They kindly exchanged it, and I got one that's a little better, but considerably looser than my usual Muncy barrel. And of course I had sanded my mouthpiece corks so they all fit the usual barrel properly.
It's possible that the first barrel socket was actually undersized, so I don't see any point in continuing to trying to exchange the longer one I just bought.
I've tried painting fingernail polish in the socket of the new barrel (its plastic is stable to the solvent). This works for a short time, but then all the dried polish comes out. So now I'm back to wrapping teflon tape around the mouthpiece cork whenever I want to use that barrel.
Does anyone know a reliable way to build up the socket wall using another material that might stick to plastic?
Ken
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Author: kdk
Date: 2021-03-13 23:48
You could have the original barrel socket opened to be more like the new one and then have the mouthpiece recorked to fit both.
Karl
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Author: kehammel
Date: 2021-03-14 00:09
Yes, of course. But I didn't mention that I have three other grenadilla barrels from a good maker in China, and also a grenadilla barrel made by Alan Segal. All of these match the first, shorter Muncy barrel regarding the mouthpiece socket. The new Muncy barrel is the oddball.
Ken
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Author: kdk
Date: 2021-03-14 00:57
Well, you've had no other takers, so I can imagine a couple of possibilities, neither of which I've ever tried.
Maybe have a repair tech cement a thin liner inside the socket. I don't know what material would be best suited. Repairers often cement hard rubber liners into the barrel's bore to give the dimensions more stability, but I don't know if you can buy or create a strip of hard rubber as thin as this would have to be.
Maybe in the DIY department, successive thin layers of epoxy, letting each layer dry before adding more, until you've got the diameter you need. Should be more durable than nail polish. I don't know how the solvent in epoxy will get along with the barrel material.
Karl
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Author: kehammel
Date: 2021-03-14 06:12
The epoxy sounds like it might be something to try, Karl, thanks.
Ken
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Author: Mojo
Date: 2021-03-14 17:44
I have a YouTube video where I show how to use JB Weld to make the bore smaller in the shank of a sax mouthpiece. The same technique should work on a clarinet barrel.
https://youtu.be/TP1bIuvOf84
MojoMP.com
Mojo Mouthpiece Work LLC
MojoMouthpieceWork@yahoo.com
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