Ridenour Ivorolon Clarinet Barrels R Bore 66 mm
Key features
- •Synthetic Ivorolone body and rings / C bore for standard French mouthpiece-clarinet / R bore for large bore , low-pitch mouthpiece.
- •With Ridenour Ivorolon Bb clarinets barrels you can have all the things you want in tone, tuning and response and none of the things you don't want; dimensional instability, loose rings and cracking
- •This means the Ivorolon barrels will give you years and years of playing satisfaction
- •Ridenour Ivorolon Clarinet Barrels are made from pure, natural, unalloyed hard rubber; the kind of rubber you used to get years ago in the finest clarinet mouthpieces! The material and design of the Ivorolon Barrels combine to produce a warm, dark sound, quick response, resonance and tonal stability almost indistinguishable from the finest Honduran Rosewood
- •But unlike Honduran Rosewood, the Ivorolon clarinet barrels are stable and crack-free in all sorts of climates and seasons! In addition, the durable, innovative, retro Ivorolon tenon rings not only add elegance and uniqueness to the look of the barrel, they also facilitate greater responsiveness and resonance than metal rings which, by comparison, damp resonance, slow response and add unnecessary weight to the clarinet
Ridenour Ivorolon Clarinet Barrels R Bore 66 mm
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Excellent Barrel
Lance D.•October 7, 2015
After reading the 1-star review criticizing the *seller* and not the *product*, I feel obligated to share my experiences.
I originally bought the Ivorolon barrel for a Buffet Limite, which was essentially an E13 with an R13 barrel. I sent the clarinet off to Tom Ridenour for some repairs. When he shipped the clarinet back he also packed in an Ivorolon barrel for me to try out. It made a very noticeable difference. The sound seemed warmer and was more focused, and the response in the clarion and altissimo registers was dramatically improved. I had tried the Buffet Chadash and Moennig barrels, both of which were twice the price of the Ivorolon, and the differences had been much more subtle.
I eventually sold the Limite and bought a Yamaha YCL-CSG. The CSG uses a much shorter barrel so I couldn't use the Ivorolon. But I recently got out my old Selmer USA Omega to start teaching my daughter, and I remembered the Ivorolon. It made a huge difference in practically every respect. The intonation had been all over the place and the clarinet required a great deal of effort to maintain any tonal focus. The altissimo was excruciating. Now the Omega is actually somewhat enjoyable to play and should serve my daughter well until she is ready to step up.
Note that this listing indicates that the body is synthetic. The body is not synthetic; it is natural hard rubber. This is the same material from which professional mouthpieces and some professional clarinets are made. The rings, however, seem to be made of plastic and therefore would be synthetic.
I know that just as with selecting a mouthpiece or any other part of a clarinet, any perceived differences in sound can be highly subjective. I also know that sometimes there can be a placebo effect. But I believe that this barrel has had a very positive affect on two different clarinets and that most people are likely to notice at least some improvement over a stock barrel.
I originally bought the Ivorolon barrel for a Buffet Limite, which was essentially an E13 with an R13 barrel. I sent the clarinet off to Tom Ridenour for some repairs. When he shipped the clarinet back he also packed in an Ivorolon barrel for me to try out. It made a very noticeable difference. The sound seemed warmer and was more focused, and the response in the clarion and altissimo registers was dramatically improved. I had tried the Buffet Chadash and Moennig barrels, both of which were twice the price of the Ivorolon, and the differences had been much more subtle.
I eventually sold the Limite and bought a Yamaha YCL-CSG. The CSG uses a much shorter barrel so I couldn't use the Ivorolon. But I recently got out my old Selmer USA Omega to start teaching my daughter, and I remembered the Ivorolon. It made a huge difference in practically every respect. The intonation had been all over the place and the clarinet required a great deal of effort to maintain any tonal focus. The altissimo was excruciating. Now the Omega is actually somewhat enjoyable to play and should serve my daughter well until she is ready to step up.
Note that this listing indicates that the body is synthetic. The body is not synthetic; it is natural hard rubber. This is the same material from which professional mouthpieces and some professional clarinets are made. The rings, however, seem to be made of plastic and therefore would be synthetic.
I know that just as with selecting a mouthpiece or any other part of a clarinet, any perceived differences in sound can be highly subjective. I also know that sometimes there can be a placebo effect. But I believe that this barrel has had a very positive affect on two different clarinets and that most people are likely to notice at least some improvement over a stock barrel.
