Klarinet Archive - Posting 000902.txt from 1997/05

From: dmcclune@-----.edu (David McClune)
Subj: Re: Bonade ligature improvement
Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 13:53:07 -0400

A variation on cutting out the middle of the Bonade Ligature is to use a
hand held grinder, or patient filing, to grind down the bars in the middle
of the ligature. This allows only the top and bottom of the bars to contact
the reed, which is the same as cutting out completely the middle, BUT
because there is metal left in the middle the ligature is more stable.

I have done this for 8 years and it's the best of all worlds for me. Like
most players I have a large collection of ligatures which were tryed out and
stored in the back of a desk drawer!
Dr. David McClune
Professor of Clarinet/Band Director
Union University
Jackson, TN 38305
901-661-5294-office