Woodwind Accessories

The barrel joint is an extremely important aspect of the overall acoustical design of the clarinet. It has a profund affect on modal ratios (pitch) and tonal coloration. We can think of the barrel as the "interface" between clarinet and mouthpiece.

Bar

Chadash
Chadash barrel for Bb/A clarinets. Available from 63 mm to 67 mm:

grenadilla wood with silver-plated rings
produced by Mr. Chadash in USA
Revers tapered bore, which creates a clean, focused sound that doesn’t thin out as you go up the third

FOBES barrels feature an inverted cone style bore and are designed to work in conjuntion with FOBES mouthpieces. Improvements you can expect with a FOBES barrel are:

Closer twelfth intervals
Slightly lowered pitch in the tones of the left hand, upper

Chadash
Chadash barrel for Bb/A clarinets. Available from 63 mm to 67 mm:

grenadilla wood with silver-plated rings
produced by Mr. Chadash in USA
Revers tapered bore, which creates a clean, focused sound that doesn’t thin out as you go up the third

FOBES barrels feature an inverted cone style bore and are designed to work in conjuntion with FOBES mouthpieces. Improvements you can expect with a FOBES barrel are:

Closer twelfth intervals
Slightly lowered pitch in the tones of the left hand, upper

FOBES barrels feature an inverted cone style bore and are designed to work in conjuntion with FOBES mouthpieces. Improvements you can expect with a FOBES barrel are:

Closer twelfth intervals
Slightly lowered pitch in the tones of the left hand, upper

FOBES barrels feature an inverted cone style bore and are designed to work in conjuntion with FOBES mouthpieces. Improvements you can expect with a FOBES barrel are:

Closer twelfth intervals
Slightly lowered pitch in the tones of the left hand, upper

FOBES barrels feature an inverted cone style bore and are designed to work in conjuntion with FOBES mouthpieces. Improvements you can expect with a FOBES barrel are:

Closer twelfth intervals
Slightly lowered pitch in the tones of the left hand, upper

FOBES barrels feature an inverted cone style bore and are designed to work in conjuntion with FOBES mouthpieces. Improvements you can expect with a FOBES barrel are:

Closer twelfth intervals
Slightly lowered pitch in the tones of the left hand, upper

FOBES barrels feature an inverted cone style bore and are designed to work in conjuntion with FOBES mouthpieces. Improvements you can expect with a FOBES barrel are:

Closer twelfth intervals
Slightly lowered pitch in the tones of the left hand, upper

FOBES barrels feature an inverted cone style bore and are designed to work in conjuntion with FOBES mouthpieces. Improvements you can expect with a FOBES barrel are:

Closer twelfth intervals
Slightly lowered pitch in the tones of the left hand, upper

Chadash
Chadash barrel for Bb/A clarinets. Available from 63 mm to 67 mm:

grenadilla wood with silver-plated rings
produced by Mr. Chadash in USA
Revers tapered bore, which creates a clean, focused sound that doesn’t thin out as you go up the third