Klarinet Archive - Posting 001090.txt from 2000/02

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Throwing down the glove - ligatures
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:25:24 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausman@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Throwing down the glove - ligatures

> 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.
>

Personally, I think it follows the "any given day theory" and depends on the
reed of the day, how your emboucure is working that day, and who knows what
else. Each may be correct for a given set of conditions.

I spend a few seconds "fiddling" with the screws (and reed position) when
I'm setting up until it plays like I want it to.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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