Klarinet Archive - Posting 000899.txt from 1997/05

From: clarinat@-----.com (Nathaniel Johnson)
Subj: Re: Ligatures
Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 10:12:52 -0400

If the ligature is slipping on the entire mouthpiece, as opposed to just
the reed slipping within it, then the easiest thing to do is to put a
piece of gaffer's tape on the back of the mouthpiece (where the screws
are on the inverted ligature that you are using). Gaffer's tape is what
lighting people use in theaters. It can probably be found elsewhere, but
I never had to look any farther, as I worked at a theater for many years.
It's like duct tape, only the non-sticky side of it is made of fabric,
rather than that grey stuff, so it is much more frictive (probably not a
real word, but you get my point). Caution: some are of the opinion that
using the tape will change your sound. I myself was too inexperienced a
player back when I had to use it to be able to tell the difference.

Nathaniel Johnson
Conductor / Clarinettist
All-Around Good Guy
University of Northern Colorado
clarinat@-----.com

On Fri, 30 May 1997 08:31:13 -0700 Gary_VanCott@-----.com writes:
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>Gary VanCott = NHIN
>05/30/97 08:31 AM
>Cheryl Morehouse wrote (in part):
>I am playing on an R-13 with a B45 mouthpiece and a bonade inverted
>ligature. The problem is that the ligature won't hold the reeds on
>the
>mouthpiece securely (I am using Vandoren V12's). I can tighten it up
>and
>play for a couple of minutes before the reed is freely moving around
>again
>as if I hadn't just tightened it.
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>I had problems with a Bonade inverted and a new Vandoren mouthpiece.
>In my
>case the entire ligature would slip up the mouthpiece. This was fixed
>by
>sanding the inside of the ligature with some 400 grit sandpaper. If
>only
>the reed is slipping and not the entire mouthpiece, you might want to
>try
>lightly sanding the ligature "rails" that press on the reed.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Gary Van Cott
>Las Vegas, NV
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>Gary_VanCott@-----.com
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