Klarinet Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 2000/02

From: "Bryan Cholfin" <cranked@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 1 Feb 2000 09:15:00 -0000 Issue 2013
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 22:01:51 -0500

> I've been using the shoestring since 1982 - in fact I'm still on my first
> pair! The Pino book gave me the idea and I've never regretted it. Once you
> get used to it you can switch horns without losing it. I've not lost a
> reed to it that I can recall - and reeds play well much longer.
>

Based on an idea also in the Pino book, I've made myself a ligature out of a
short velcro strip. To my (admittedly non-expert) ears, the sound is the
same as with the standard metal ligature that came with the clarinet, except
it's much easier to use.

--Bryan

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