Klarinet Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2000/03

From: "mark weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ligatures in general
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 22:04:09 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: David B. Niethamer <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Ligatures in general

> on 2/29/00 6:14 PM, Tony Pay wrote:
>
> >Excuse me, David, because I have great respect for your contributions.
> >
> >I really don't believe this.
>
> DAMN!! I *knew* the BS police were gonna get me... ;-)
>
> Seriously, in thinking about where I came by this information, I can't
> remember, and I certainly have no concrete evidence for its proof. I
> think it was presented to me (compulsive screw tightener extraordinaire)
> as a rationale for not constantly and compulsively tightening the screws
> on my ligatures. The medication has worked wonders, and I no longer
> behave in this way! Who first gave me this "information" I can't recall.
>
> >If you experiment by putting cylinders of
> >cardboard inside your mouthpieces, you get to understand the sorts of
> >changes that such gross alterations make. That is, they are rather
> >surprisingly small.
> >
> I'll have to experiment with this a bit. I find it hard to imagine that
> rather noticeable changes in response and pitch would not be the result.
> But, I'll have to fool with it for myself before I comment any more.
>
> >I doubt that the sorts of changes that an 'overtightened' (what does
> >this really mean?) ligature might make, on an ebonite mouthpiece, are of
> >anything like that order of magnitude.
>
> As I recall it, the theory presented was that as a mouthpiece aged, the
> process that hardened the rubber would begin to "wear off", making the
> pressure of the metal ligature capable of constricting the bore at that
> point where the ligature was tightened. I have to admit I don't have a
> shred of evidence to prove whether any of this is true. In playing with
> the relative tightness of my ligature screws today (I really need to get
> a life!!!) I couldn't hear or feel any difference in the feel or sound of
> a particular reed if the ligature was tighter or looser, for what that is
> worth. Given my current credibility on this subject...
>
> David
>
> David Niethamer
> Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
> dnietham@-----.edu
> http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/
>
>
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