Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 1996/09

From: Laurence Liberson <hardreed@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Rovner Ligatures? - I wrap my own.
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 09:32:02 -0400

Daniel A. Paprocki said:

> I'm thinking of starting my own ligature museum. I have the following
> ligatures:
> Bonade inverted
> Sumner
> Bay silver
> Giokas string/plastic
> Gigliotti
> Luyben
> Harrison silver
> Rovner light and original
> BG super revalation
> Vandoren black inverted
> old Selmer metal (looks like an accordian that slides over reed/mp)
> some cheap black inverted plastic thing
>
> That's all I can think of now. What am I using? A piece of thick chord
> (thicker than a shoe lace) that I wrap around six times. I've really liked
> the sound and as long as my reeds are articulating it works - if I need a
> crispier articulation I'll use a Bay. So what's everyone else's ligature
> museum like?
>

I've often joked with my students about my ligature museum, not
realizing that somebody else was so warped...so:

Bonade inverted and regular
Bay silver
Gigliotti (I got this free from Selmer -- all I wanted was the cap!)
Luyben (from the 7th grade, noo less)
Harrison gold (hey, I don't mess around with silver ;))
Rovner - the original (that was enough for me!)
BG
Kaspar (Ann Arbor)
Winslow ( with many flat tires)
Vandoren
Peterson-Pyne
nylon fish twine
and god knows what else!

Hey, it's a write-off...right?

Larry Liberson
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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