Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 1994/08

From: Jay Heiser <jayh@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Winslow ligature falling apart :-(
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 09:00:28 -0400

Have you spent any time experimenting with placement of the grommets?
You could spend a lifetime adjusting it.

I don't know if you were on the list about 6 months ago when we had
a discussion about ligatures. I had swapped ligatures with someone who
used the Rovner. He couldn't tell the diff. I thought that it
also played well (maybe its not that these ligatures reduce resistance,
but they allow the reed to vibrate more with the same amount of air),
but noticed a difference in sound. Someone sitting behind me felt
that the Rovner was a 'darker' sound, so its maybe more of a flavor
difference than quality.

I'd like to upgrade my other single-reeds, but I've got all 4 saxes
and one of them has two difft mouthpieces. I'm not prepared to
plunk down $300 for ligatures. I'm happy with the way it works
on the clarinet.

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-->On Mon, 15 Aug 1994, Jay Heiser wrote:
-->
-->> During a recent gig, I discovered that the little rubber
-->> grommets on my Winslow ligature were turning to silly putty.
-->> They are no longer resiliant, but are turning to goop,
-->> making them useless.
-->>
-->> (I noticed during "Take Back Your Mink"; perhaps it had
-->> something to do with the heat in the pit???)
-->>
-->> Has anybody else experienced this? I think I'll send
-->> them back to Winslow and ask for an explanation.
-->>
-->> The ligature does come with a little kit that includes
-->> a glass jar with more grommets -- both in the original
-->> material and in some other material that presumably
-->> offers different properties. I'm just not the type to
-->> spend endless hours experimenting with this thing (there
-->> must be hundreds of possible combinations of material
-->> and placement).
-->>
-->I've found that every 10 to 12 months the rubber on my grommets loses its
-->resiliancy, but the opperation to change grommets is not a big deal. I'd
-->much rather mess with the grommets occaisionally than play on another
-->ligature.
-->
-->Jim Freeman (collnjim@-----.edu)