[soybean]

I just watched the interview with Mr Reeder of Rovner Products. This looks very interesting.

https://www.rovnerproducts.com/rectangular-bore

 

[kreacher]

For the player trying to get away from the nice round sound to a more outside inside the box quality. Edginess brought to the literal meaning, with 4 edges, the sound will make you be able to corner every passage and arpeggio free blowingly and easily.

 

[soybean]

Ha! You must be in the advertising business.

 

[Sacks Of Phones]

Features:

Superior intonation and greater ease of play for every level player!
A revolutionary approach that allows the player to personalize the playing experience by simply rotating the barrel to the position that yields the preferred tone and most dynamic response. The rectangular bore can be positioned vertically, horizontally, or on a diagonal. Icons on the barrel help identify its orientation.
Groundbreaking design increases tonal dimension, increases clarity of throat tones, results in more even scales, improves altissimo, and provides better articulation and projection.
Constructed of a durable polymer with the NEW Pro-Finish, an attractive semi-matte texture similar to woodgrain.
Available in Sizes 62 - 68 for assisting in achieving the best possible tuning. (Hint: Perpetually flat when you switch from sax to clarinet? Choose a shorter barrel!)
Proudly made in the USA.
Want even BETTER performance? Pair it with a patented, Next Generation Rovner® ligature!

 

[LostConn]

"I gotta play the angles -- the right angles!"

When is the Rovner Rectangular Bell coming out?

 

[Graysax]

makes as much sense as a square chamber in a mouthpiece (which in my mind is crazy).

 

[Sacks Of Phones]

"I gotta play the angles -- the right angles!"

When is the Rovner Rectangular Bell coming out?

Why not make a square clarinet?

 

[milandro]

makes as much sense as a square chamber in a mouthpiece (which in my mind is crazy).

you mean one of the longest standing mouthpiece in production is all wrong and has been all these years without Selmer ( and many tens of thousands or more of users) ever noticing that they were all wrong?

Anyway, as usual this ( mouthpiece square chambers) has been discussed before

https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?70271-Square-chamber-why/page4

https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showt...quare-Chambers-what-are-their-characteristics

By the way, Yamaha CM ( custom) has a square chamber too (and that's the more expensive ) Yamaha is pretty well known for their acoustic research

 

[Arundo Donax]

... The rectangular bore can be positioned vertically, horizontally, or on a diagonal. Icons on the barrel help identify its orientation.
...

Yow! I thought you were doing a parody, but now I see that text is on the actual site!

Icons on the barrel to indicate orientation - as an engineer, I gotta have this! My Selmer metal clarinet has a tunable barrel with nice markings like a micrometer. Designed by wizards.

 

[rhysonsax]

Why not make a square clarinet?

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Why not indeed ?

There have been various wind instruments made with a square cross section, including recorders, bassoons, flutes and probably more. And they worked !

Rhys

 

[kreacher]

As long as acoustic principles are not crossed and are equal to a round counterpart it works of course. It doesn't mean however that we can't make fun of it in a light hearted way.

 

[soybean]

Why not make a square clarinet?

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Is that Earl Bostic's brother?!

 

[lomaserena]

Looks like someone has been checking the Backun website a little too often....
You'll definitely be the center of attention at the next band rehearsal (whenever that is).

 

[Graysax]

you mean one of the longest standing mouthpiece in production is all wrong and has been all these years without Selmer ( and many tens of thousands or more of users) ever noticing that they were all wrong?

Anyway, as usual this ( mouthpiece square chambers) has been discussed before

https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?70271-Square-chamber-why/page4

https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showt...quare-Chambers-what-are-their-characteristics

By the way, Yamaha CM ( custom) has a square chamber too (and that's the more expensive ) Yamaha is pretty well known for their acoustic research

This is a subject we could probably carry on for years about our different feelings. I know the history about them and like the sound and feel of a large round chamber. For jazz I still want the chamber to be round with a baffle. I have the feeling of "if everybody is jumping off the bridge should you too" on this subject. I respect your opinion, let's agree to disagree (says the Rascher student)

 

[mijderf]

Let me be the first to say yes, I have tried it. I bought this on Ebay for $8 plus shipping. There were no instructions, so I did not pay any attention to the orientation of the rectangle that is mentioned above.
First let me say that it play nicely. My clarinet is a Selmer 9*. I played it A-B against my stock barrel, and it is pretty tough to say that it sounds different. But it does sound good. The intonation was spot on, even though the barrel I got was about 1.9 mm shorter that the stock barrel. This confused me, but I did enough playing against a tuner that I am certain that the shorter length had no effect on tuning in any of the octaves, or in altissimo. And I started on clarinet as a youngster, so I do not have the problem of playing flat when switching from sax to clarinet as alluded to in the Rovner ad. I rotated the barrel, and played the same phrase, and thought that maybe...maybe the horizontal position played a little more easily in altissimo, but if so, it was very slight.
For $8 I am very happy to have a 2nd barrel that plays well, and plays in tune. Would I have paid the $109 list price? Simply put, no, since a backup barrel seems like an unnecessary piece to own.

 

[mijderf]

I just looked back at my EBay purchase. I got it for $1.25 plus shipping that brought the total to $8. Saxquest put it up for auction starting at $1 like they sometimes do, and I won a spirited bidding war at $1.25.

 

[soybean]

Thanks mijderf. That’s very helpful.