Clarinet Barrel

Clarinet Barrel

Developed by Hans Moennig, the distinguishable sandglass shaped bore of the Moennig clarinet barrel allows for bettered tonal focus and intonation. Made from Grenadilla wood with metal rings, the Moennig barrel is the primary choice amid Buffet players..

The enjoyment of musical performance by both the performer and listener depends on various constituents detached from the work being performed, two of these are the instruments tonal calibers and it is tuning.

The clarinet tone is dependent on the design and construction of the instrument , the clarinet reed and the skill of the player invented over a lot of years of practice.

Instrument design and construction has gradually been bettered over the years and quality instruments are now competent of devising a very fine tone indeed, given a good quality instrument the bore of the Clarinet will effect the tone and this has become a fashion thing which has varied over the years, a somewhat larger diameter bore will construct more of a mellow tone than a littler bore which would be referred to as a bright sound, nevertheless it must be recognised that the player has a outstanding influence on the sound produced.

Factors effecting tone are the air supply and how the player controls it is flow into the instrument with the tongue together with the lips controlling the reed , a steady flow of air into the instrument is achieved by control from the diaphragm, I prefer to think of it as breathing into the instrument rather than blowing. A fine tone may only be produced by playing long sustained notes and slow tunes as part of the each and everyday exercise over the formative years, in fact this aspect of exercise will have to always be part of the each day routine.

Clarinet tuning is of course a very indispensable part of the players activity, and yet it is an action which is often misunderstood by conductors and players, modern quality clarinets have come a long way in this respect the over the past fifty years but we still see players setting up their instruments incorrectly.

The availability of lowcost electronic tuners surely helps but acknowledgement of the rectify routine is often times missing. The body of most mutual instrument pitched in B flat is made in five parts, starting at the top we have the mouthpiece ,the barrel ,the upper joint, the lower joint and the bell.

At the end of the mouthpiece and the upper and lower joints cork covered tenon’s push into the barrel and the bell, the method of tuning most often times adopted is to warm up the instrument by playing for a few minutes, temperature will cause the pitch to rise, and then with the joints pushed together play B with all holes covered, this will be a little sharp, then pull out the barrel to lower the pitch to the rectify level, unluckily this approach will put a lot of parts of the instruments range out of tune!

The rectify method of tuning is to begin with all fingers off, this will give open G then adjust the barrel to fetch G into tune, then play B with all holes covered and pull out the centre joint to fetch B into tune, a good instrument will then be in tune over most of it is range, the most eminent register, above top C may need adjustment on a good deal of notes with the players embouchure.

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Clarinet Barrel Picture

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2 of 6 persons found the following review helpful.
Buffet Crampon Moennig Clarinet Bb 66 mm
By Star Warrior
I order a Barrel from Musician’s Friend, and they send me a Metal trombone mouthpiece. I had to recompense to send it back. The Service was bad also. I cancelled the order as they can’t tell amongst a Wood Clarinet barrel, and a Trombone MP. I lose cash as they never repaid me for shipping cost for their fault either. I used Ebay to bid on another new one. I never did get the Barrel. What a pain that was. Their shipping is real slow also.

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