Klarinet Archive - Posting 000377.txt from 1995/08

From: Bernard Hunt <ega028@-----.UK>
Subj: Re: Any cure for sticky saxophone pads?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 05:38:41 -0400

> I play on a ROVNER (the standard one--not light, etc.). While I enjoy
> the ligature and feel comfortable with it I have a problem of it
> sticking (very tightly) to the mouthpiece. In the literature I have
> they suggest spraying the inside with Armor-All. I have not gone to
> this extreme. Any ideas? Does the Armor-All do the trick?

Ron,

I work talcum powder into the material on the inside of the ligature
about once a year, and this works for me. You may need to do it more
often, as I'm sure you play more often than I do. When I got my first
Rovner (can't remember whether it was for clarinet or sax) the notes
which came with it actually suggested this.

Bernie