Klarinet Archive - Posting 000350.txt from 1999/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: VD Optimum
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 07:49:52 -0400

At 10:30 PM 8/12/1999 -0500, Carl Schexnayder wrote:
>One of my students has one. I don't know the number of the plate, but we
>took the smooth metal plate and glued a piece of sheet cork where it
>contacts the reed, after which we were both very impressed with the result.
>We've also found the Rovner "Eddie Daniels" to be a great ligature for less
>money.
>
I have been using for some time an Otto Link metal alto sax mouthpiece with
the ligature modified just as you describe. The plate that contacts the
reed on that ligature is almost identical to one of the Optimum plates. I
don't remember who advised me to try it, but it does seem to work!

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

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