Klarinet Archive - Posting 000569.txt from 1997/03

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Suggestions for B.clar lig?
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 15:15:55 -0500

Scott D. Morrow wrote:
> I'm borrowing a middle school's bass clarinet (Vito) for a show I'm
> playing in, and the ligature is on it's last screw! Our musical director
> is going to replace it, and I wanted to get some suggestions on what we
> should get that might work better (if possible) than the band of rust that
> was on it originally. I don't want to spend a lot of money, as it is not
> mine (the money OR the instrument), but if we could get something better
> for not to much extra, that would be great! The mouthpiece is a Selmer C.

Scott, here's the "popular combinations" as listed on sneezy
(http://sneezy.mika.com/clarinet/Equipment/MBL/Combos.html)
for bass clarinet:
Bass Clarinet
MOUTHPIECE LIGATURE REED
MODEL NUM
Charles Bay ?? LaVoz tenor
sax 2 1/2
Clark Fobes Rovner Vandoren
regular 3
Hite Bonade inv. & reg Vandoren
regular 3 1/2
Selmer C* Selmer stock lig. Vandoren (bass
Clar) 3 1/2
Selmer c* Rovner (standard) Vandoren (purple
boxes)
Selmer C* Bonade inv. & reg Vandoren
regular 3 1/2
Vandoren B44 Vandoren (bass
Clar) 3 1/2
VanDoren B44 Vandoren Vandoren
regular 3
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