Klarinet Archive - Posting 000297.txt from 1995/03

From: Timothy Tikker <tjt@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Ligatures
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 18:21:50 -0500

On Thu, 9 Mar 1995, Fred Cicetti wrote:

> David Pino opted for a shoelace ligature because he couldn't find
> anything that gave even, soft pressure to a reed.
>
> I thought everyone knew about Rovner rubber ligatures.

They must have been developed after Pino wrote his book in 1980. I'd be
curious to know his opinion about them.

I tried one on a saxophone once, but I'm not a saxophonist so couldn't
really evaluate it, sepecially as I wasn't comparing it to any other
ligature at the time. I've never tried a Rovner on a clarinet.