Klarinet Archive - Posting 000314.txt from 1999/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ligature for Gennusa GE [was Re: [kl] buying a new
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 00:06:58 -0500

At 02:44 PM 12/10/1999 -0500, Mitch Bassman wrote:
>My Bonade ligatures, both regular and inverted, which fit all of my other
>mouthpieces, do not expand wide enough to work on the Gennusa. I even
>ordered a new inverted Bonade (on the basis of David Niethamer's post of a
>couple of years ago advising users to buy a new one every year), thinking
>that my old one was worn out. The old, worn out, stretched inverted Bonade
>almost fits; the new one doesn't even come close. I can get my regular
>Bonade to work if I'm willing to accept that it doesn't close completely
>and the ribs are on the outer edges of the reed.
>
On the "inverted" Bonade ligature, the ribs are on the side OPPOSITE the
screws. They stay the same distance apart all the time. You apparently
have a NON-inverted Bonade, with the ligature screws facing toward you as
you play.

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