Andrew Doyle Barrel – Wenge with Carbon Fibre Rings 65.5mm | 66.0mm

The barrel may be the smallest section of the clarinet, but it can have a huge impact on your sound and intonation…and tune. If you love your clarinet and your mouthpiece but still can’t quite find the sound you want, maybe you should consider trying different barrels – It may be surprised yourself !

Handcrafted clarinet wooden barrels by Andrew Doyle are available from DR TOOT Brass & Woodwind Specialist.

Andrew is a professional clarinet performer on modern and historical clarinets, who has studied historical clarinet making with esteemed clarinet maker Soren Green. He is now based in Sydney, Australia. Using locally sourced Australian timbers, Andrew has discovered a variety of different timbers with qualities for amazing clarinets.

Modern clarinet barrels hand-crafted to exactly match the bore, mouthpiece and top joint of your clarinet, such as Yamaha, Backun, Buffet…etc.

This particular barrel is made of Wenge – Traditional blackwood tone very similar to Grenadilla.

A favourite amongst Jazz and Music Theatre players.

We have two sizes in stock:  65.5mm and 66.0mm