Klarinet Archive - Posting 000799.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: poorly-made ligatures
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:23:50 -0400

At 09:02 PM 8/18/97 -0400, you wrote:
> With my Bonade, I, always in the b beginning, and sometimes even
>now, had a problem with the ligature not staying on, it would always inch
>up the mouthpiece. When it works, it sounds great, much better than my
>old mouthpiece, a Lyben. I laways thought the problem was with me, but
>maybe it was with the ligature. Did anyone else have this problem.
>
I've found Luyben ligatures do not grip well on my crystal mouthpiece, but
Bonades are fine on the same mouthpiece. Other than that one example, I
have never had a problem with any of my clarinets or saxes. But one thing
you can try is putting a vinyl mouthpiece patch on the top side of the
mouthpiece underneath the ligature. It will get a good grip on that.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.