Klarinet Archive - Posting 000161.txt from 1999/10

From: "mark weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] ligatures
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:09:11 -0400

BG and Rovner both have what I would describe as a "simulated leather" type
material on their ligatures.

BG Revelation goes for around $24-25 in catalogues and is well thought of.

((Query: Should the ligature being touching at the place where the
irritation is manifesting itself ?))

Good luck.

mw

----- Original Message -----
From: HFREIMAN <HFREIMAN@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] ligatures

> I am a long time clarinetist and my 11 year old daughter has now been
> playing for two years. Recently, she has developed an usual problem - a
> skin irritation/rash under her lower lip from the contact with the
> ligature. She has used the silver ligature that came with her Buffet E11
> and recently switched to a silver Vandoren Optimum ligature. Her
> dermatologist states that this is a sensitivity to nickel (?) and that
> there must be nickel in the plating also. I am considering switching her
> to an inverted ligature, probably cloth. She uses a Vandoren B45
> mouthpiece. Can anyone out there recommend a good ligature to try?
Thanks
> in advance.
>
>
> Hal
>
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