Klarinet Archive - Posting 000847.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Ligatures
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 14:26:09 -0400

At 12:13 PM 8/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>While looking at mouthpieces to try, I ran across an old Runyon 5,
>plastic. None of the standard size ligatures would fit, so no one had
>bothered to try it out...but a Rovner Eb worked great. It must have been
>sitting in the drawer for a long time as it was priced at $16, I think
>the Rovner ligature cost more than the mouthpiece. I never thought I
>would like a plastic mouthpiece.
>
In my experience, the material is much less important than the design.
Plastic can play just fine. I kind of like the Selmer Goldentone, although
I may be predjudiced since I learned on one initially. Plastic mouthpieces
are about as permanent in facing as hard rubber ones, but develop a wear
groove from the top teeth much faster. Use of a mouthpiece patch will
solve the problem.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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