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Re: MoBa barrels and bells questions

Author: Ursa
Date: 2021-04-26 22:59

I've owned a MoBa barrel in grenadilla for over a decade and while it opens up response and adds a very pleasing dark-yet-resonant character to the sonic bouquet, it's caused tuning problems on nearly every clarinet I've auditioned it with--sharp throat tones and/or wide twelfths. It was especially off the mark with, ironically, my Backun Alpha clarinet.

Be sure to do a careful evaluation with a tuner prior to committing to the MoBa barrel.

I haven't tested the MoBa bell, but do have the Traditional bell in cocobolo with voicing groove. While the improvement in tone is slight but noticeable, it does improve tuning on the long E/B on most instruments I've tried it on--so it's a winner in my book. I was able to score my new-old-stock Conn-Selmer boxed bell for under US$200. Seek and ye shall find!

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