B. Corbin Hawley R1 Clarinet Barrel

A collaboration between Richie Hawley and Brian Corbin, the R1 Clarinet Barrel combines traditional design elements with modern materials and machining to produce an incredibly unique barrel.

Crafted from naturally aged grenadilla (African blackwood), the R1 barrel uses a hard rubber bore with a uniquely shaped, inverted taper that helps improve intonation and response.

The combination of materials and acoustical design help center and darken the sound, providing for a certain “hold” and even-working resistance throughout the registers. Modern CNC manufacturing and the premium hard rubber used for the bore results in extreme consistency from barrel to barrel.

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As a Buffet – Crampon Artist, Richie worked to optimize the R1 barrel for Buffet clarinets. Although designed to improve the intonation, response, and working resistance of R13 style bores (R13/Prestige, Festival, Tosca), the R1 will fit all “standard” tenon sizes and works well on other models and brands depending on your playing preferences.

B. Corbin finds that the hard rubber insert and increased “hold” to the sound works especially well for instruments that have already been broken in, or for players looking to “reign in” an otherwise free or less resistant instrument/setup.