Klarinet Archive - Posting 000127.txt from 1997/03

From: April <ashallen@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Mouthpiece/ligature setup problems
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 01:39:33 -0500

On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Roger Lewis & Denise Gulliver-Lewis wrote:

> On March 3, April Shallenberg wrote:
> ...not sure what's causing it. I usually play on Vandoren 3.5 reeds,
> have a
> Bonade metal ligature, and I'm not sure what my mpc. is... a professor
> re-did an old mouthpiece that I had and until recently I loved it. The
> problem is that lately I've been getting a really 'thin' sound that I
> just
> don't like at all. I also have a Vandoren B45 and a Vandoren 11.6
> mouthpiece that I am not unwilling to try, but with the reeds and
> ligature
> I've been using I've found them to sound really 'stuffy'.
>
> Several possibilities exist. It is possible that the table of your
> mouthpiece has warped, causing the change. Have you been squeaking more
> than usual, or have a harder time finding a reed that will play at all?
> I use both a Bonade metal ligature or a full Rovner, depending on the
> reed. If the reed responds well but sounds thin, the Rovner will darken
> it down a bit. You might want to try this before you change
> mouthpieces. It is also possible that your Bonade has been bent
> somehow. Some players say that once a ligature has been bent or
> twisted, it never plays the same.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Denise Gulliver-Lewis
> Principal Clarinet
> Elkhart Symphony
>

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April J. Shallenberg
University of Arkansas
e-mail: ashallen@-----.edu
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