Klarinet Archive - Posting 000336.txt from 1994/05

From: "Roger J. Shilcock" <mlfl@-----.UK>
Subj: Steve Haaser & string ligatures
Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 03:43:32 -0400

I used a shoelace of flat cross-section as a ligature for some months when my
metal ligature got bent. I found that if it was loose enough to make small
adjustments easily, it was also loose enough for the reed to move while I was
playing on it, so I gave up.
Roger Shilcock [MLFL. Oxford, U.K.]