Klarinet Archive - Posting 001183.txt from 2000/02

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Ligatures in general
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:09:21 -0500

on 2/29/00 1:47 AM, J. D. Kent wrote:

>As an aside to metal ligatures, I am a complete newbie to playing, and I
>have a question about ligatures in general. I have a Rovner Dark
>ligature. In general, how does one know when the ligature is too tight
>or too loose? Should the reed be allowed to slip around so it can
>vibrate as much as possible, or should the ligature be cranked down so
>there is a stable base, and only the end of the reed vibrates the most?
>With this last question I understand that the end does, of course,
>vibrate the most anyway, but with the ligature tightened it would
>restrict the movement.

You want to be careful not to consistently and repeatedly overtighten a
ligature, because my understanding is that overtightening the ligature
will result in a warping of the mouthpiece bore. To paraphrase Martha
Stewart, "that's not a good thing".

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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