Klarinet Archive - Posting 000156.txt from 1994/10

From: Timothy Tikker <tjt@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Clarinet Ligatures fo
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 00:33:01 -0400

On Sun, 16 Oct 1994, NICK WINKLER wrote:

> Actually, I switched from the Rovner to the Vandoren, partly due to
> trendiness, I think, and partly because of the recent discussion on this
> conference in which the conferees appeared to agree that the fabric
> ligatures dull the clarinet sound. If true, this should probably also
> apply to a shoestring, shouldn't it?

On the contrary, I found that the sound with shoestring was not duller,
but richer, fuller and more brilliant. But then, this was in comparison
with some generic metal ligature.

The one time I tried a Rovner was when I tried that Keilwerth straight
alto saxophone. It seemed to work all right, but struck me as a little
cumbersome, though I suppose one could get used to it (perhaps it needs
breaking in).

Don't knock shoestring till you've tried it!