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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000052.txt from 1995/09

From: John Baetens <jsbtens@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: ligature
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 13:20:22 -0400

At 02:55 PM 9/4/95 +0200, Anneke Sicherer-Roetman wrote:
>Please forgive my ignorance, but could someone tell me what a ligature is?
>I cannot make this word out. I am not a native English speaker and my
>dictionary only tells me that ligature is the thread that surgeons use.
>Thanks!
>--
>Anneke Sicherer-Roetman --- Laboratory for Crystal and Structural Chemistry
>Bijvoet Center - Utrecht University -- HOLLAND -- email: anneke@-----.nl
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>
>

The ligature is the clamp-like object, usually made of metal, that holds
the reed on the mouthpiece.

John Baetens