Klarinet Archive - Posting 000507.txt from 1998/09

From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] ligatures?
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:24:34 -0400

I use an inch-wide piece of black elastic sewn into a tube that slips over the
reed and mouthpiece. Works fine -- easy to apply, easy to move the reed around,
never slips. I would be worried about slipping, however, if I had to move my
mouthpiece back and forth between A and Bb clarinets. I figure this kind of
soft, minimal ligature allows the reed to vibrate as freely as it can.

--Doug
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Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears

Kenneth Wolman wrote:
>If all else fails, take ye a rubberband of decent strength (not one of the
>little ones) and wind it around the reed and mouthpiece several times until
>it's tight enough to hold the reed firm. Blow into the thing and you WILL
>hear sound, I promise! I've done this when I've bought new mouthpieces to
>try out. "Don't scratch it," the salesman warns me darkly, so I am not
>about to put a Vandoren Optimum or my old Selmer on it.
>
>It happens to be a nice, easy sound. I don't suppose anyone would
>recommend this as a way of life, since people are likely to point at you
>and giggle, but (not a rhetorical question) how much different is this,
>really, from a much more expensive string ligature or one of the fabric
>goodies?

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