[Dixielandjazz] Tuning the clarinet

[BudTuba at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/10/05 2:46:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:

Snippet  quoted From Tom Ridenour's web site. Note the discussion on barrels.
I use  a 63mm barrel on my Selmer 10G to play in tune with the rest of the
band,  in place of the 66mm barrel supplied originally. And they tune to  440.


For pity's sake, why aren't these things tuned at the factory?  

 

Roy (Bud) Taylor
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