Klarinet Archive - Posting 000101.txt from 2000/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ligatures in general&"Science"
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 02:21:07 -0500

At 02:56 PM 3/2/2000 -0500, Kent J. Krive wrote:
>For a period of time during which a commute of 1.25 hours each way was
>part of my career regimen, I kept in the car a clarinet, an old,
>grungy-but-playable Pedler "A." The mouthpiece was an old much-refaced
>Sumner (Scotty/myself). Since I desired the clarinet to be instantly
>available for tooting, it sat in the back seat with reed "permanently"
>on, a chopped and channeled Buffet metal ligature tightened "normally,"
>with a mpce cap to protect the reed from upholstery.
>
>The last reed I used during the "commute" period lasted a long time.
>When it finally gave up the ghost, I removed it, put a new one on, and
>couldn't get any kind of sound, let alone an acceptable one. It didn't
>take long to observe through even a cursory examination, that the table
>of my Sumner was now severely concavity-challenged! (I'm talking at
>least .5 millimeters) How did this happen? Perhaps the combination of a
>tight ligature with a sun-warmed car interior was responsible. (I ask
>that
>you imagine all possible conditions existing in a car's interior in
>Michigan over a period encompassing at least three seasons.)
>
I suspect that the heat was the major factor. Since I am also in Michigan,
and keep a clarinet in my truck available for filling lulls in the route
(or practicing parts, currently Reed 2 for "Crazy for You"), I should maybe
check! I do keep it in the case when not in use, though. The instrument
itself, a metal Walter Mueller "Empire State" is impervious to the weather,
which is why I chose it for the duty over any others I have.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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