Klarinet Archive - Posting 000174.txt from 1994/10

From: Timothy Tikker <tjt@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Clarinet Ligatures for B-flat.
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 11:59:05 -0400

On Mon, 17 Oct 1994, Roel de Vrijer wrote:

> By the way, also in The Netherlands many professional players use
> the string method. Especially those playing a German instrument.
> My clarinet teacher uses a string, and she is as fast or even faster
> in adjusting her reed than I am with my standard metal ligature.

Very interesting!

> Timothy Tikker suggests that the grooves on the mouthpiece are not
> required for the string to hold. Did I understand that all right?

The shoestring I describe is somewhat flat, and not the thin, stiff type
of string. It stays on an ordinary (i.e. French-style) mouthpiece with no
difficulty.