Klarinet Archive - Posting 001089.txt from 2000/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Throwing down the glove - ligatures
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:19:35 -0500

At 10:18 PM 2/27/2000 -0500, Bryan Cholfin wrote:
>With two-screw type metal ligatures, is there a consensus about how much to
>tighten the screws? I've read a recommendation to leave the bottom a little
>less tight than the top. And it seems like if I make it _too_ tight it
>deadens the reponse.
>
I was taught just the opposite - tighten down the bottom screw and leave
the top one only barely tight. That doesn't make it right, of course, but
there it is for your evaluation.

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