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Re: New Backun Barrel!

Author: SecondTry  Date:   2023-04-01 19:38 So, like I expect you Jordan, I became privy to this announcement in an email at exactly one minute after my local time midnight, a dissimilar time zone from Backun's in British Columbia. Given the bboard's historic propensity for April fools jokes, let me preamble what I have to say with the fact that my reporting is not of such variety, but I wonder if Morrie Backun's is--no disrespect to Morrie intended. At first, when I looked at the price I asked why someone might pay twice the going rate for a high quality adjustable barrel. The P & S and Chadash ones are half the price, albeit Brad Behn's is also at Morrie's price range. Then I saw the video with Corrado Guffredi and concluded that either it's worth every penny or a joke. You see, Corrado's demonstration of the barrel shows that adjustments to it don't change pitch, so much as they change key--as in you can make your Beefer an Eb clarinet, etc. The reason I believe this may be a joke--we'll just have to see, is anyone worth their weight in salt knows that a clarinet's concert pitch isn't derived simply from barrel length adjustments, but an overall increase or reduction in the instrument's length at all locations along its pipe. So--we'll see. Corrado only played two octaves each time he adjusted the barrel and I doubt Morrie seeks to create inventions that render his profit stream null and void. Just released AND out of stock? More like out of this world. Post Edited (2023-04-01 20:08)

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