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Re: barrels

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2023-01-11 18:06

Hi Chris:

Here's 3 articles as good as any on the board about the subject matter.

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=91581&t=91458

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=33057&t=33052

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=118009&t=117976

Please let me know if you need help working the search feature of the board. My overture is meant with zero harsh overtones.

That said, I think you are likely to find variation among barrels of the same brand, let alone between those brands, although it will be slight.

So I think it's just one of those things that ideally, you sit down with a bunch of each kind of barrel, find your favorite, and ask yourself is it really worth the $ compared to what I have.

Finally, for the cost of same e.g. https://store.weinermusic.com/collections/2738-bb-clarinet-barrels-bells-tuning-rings/products/buffet-a-clarinet-chadash-barrel

I'd ask you to consider a barrel like the Paulus and Shuler (P&S) adjustable one, which isn't that much more expensive, especially over keep several lengths of barrels in your clarinet case e.g. http://innoledy.com/clarinet_supp-barrels_zoom.html

I play the P&S. I believe it's simply a better barrel for me. Full stop. The fact that it's also adjustable is, for me "gravy." For others the adjustability is more of the draw to buy one.

And just in case you have $ burning a hole in your pocket (ha ha), I've yet to see anything that Brad Behn produces not the highest of quality, not that I've tried his adjustable barrel wares.

https://www.clarinetmouthpiece.com/product-page/evo-clarinet-adjustable-barrel

BTW: Guy Chadash makes an adjustable barrel too

https://chadashclarinet.com/collections/products

Post Edited (2023-01-11 18:06)

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