Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 2000/02

From: WAFIETZ@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 1 Feb 2000 09:15:00 -0000 Issue 2013
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:15:32 -0500

I've been seeing a lot about ligatures here lately, but have not yet heard of
anyone doing what I am. After reading David Pino's book, "The Clarinet and
Clarinet Playing" (Dover 1998, original copyright 1980) which I got from B&N
for under $10.00 +S&H, I decided it would be fun to try out the "shoestring".
I thought, if nothing else it would be a conversation piece.

I liked it so well I have used nothing else since. For $1.69 or so you get
two of them. They don't scratch the mouthpiece, they don't pinch the reed,
and with a little practice you can get one on about as quickly as an ordinary
ligature. Pino says a lot of other good things about them, which I cannot
corroborate, but it certainly has not hurt my playing any. One thing though,
it won't stay in place if you remove the mouthpiece, which, of course would
not work for a quick change to the A in a concert. Anyway for what it's
worth, that's my experience.

Bill
retired and regaining embouchure

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