Klarinet Archive - Posting 000594.txt from 2000/05

From: James Langdell <jamesc@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] beer, ligatures, and Albert
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 14:40:53 -0400

Kevin Fay wrote:
> My main complaint of the Luyben after all these years is that they're only
> made for Bb clarinet -- no Eb, no saxophones. Pity that.

I've been using Luyben ligatures most of the time for
25 years, after Rosario Mazzeo suggested them at a lesson.
I too have wished that Luyben would produce that
style of ligature for other reed instruments,
especially the Eb clarinet.

At the company's web page, there's the news that
they've produced a fresh set of molds for the
ligatures (as of 1996), and are offering the
Bb clarinet ligatures and caps in several additional
colors (red, blue, green, yellow, white, gold, silver):

http://www.luybenmusic.com/ligature.htm

While the color-coordination feature isn't that
exciting to me, at least this is a sign that
somebody is taking a fresh look at this product.
Perhaps now that somebody has designed fresh molds
they'll also extend the design to other sizes of
ligature.

--James Langdell jamesc@-----.net

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