Klarinet Archive - Posting 000211.txt from 2001/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Optimum Ligature
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:00:00 -0400

At 07:41 AM 8/16/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I was taught the same with backing off the screw. In fact I remember times
>in high school when our band director would actually check our ligatures in
>sectionals to see that we were all following orders. As for stripping
>screws, the only time I ever had the problem was with a Gigliotti alto sax
>ligature, but the screws were plastic and I think it was just a fluke. Right
>now I'm using the old 'Superior' ligature that came with a Kaspar I got from
>my teacher while in college in the early seventies, and it's built like a
>tank It's been stepped on/mashed and straightened twice, lost and found
>after ten years (it was rusted and tarnished and cleaned up like a champ)
>and and it's "still ticking".

I have all sorts of ligatures, some of which just sit on unused
mouthpieces, others get some use. A friend gave me an old Boosey and
Hawkes ligature with the initials B and H cut out of the metal. It looks
like it is a special ligature monogrammed just for me! It is made of
unplated nickel-silver, so it matches the keywork of my old Carl Fisher A
clarinet. But my Rovners and Bonades get the most use (except the Selmer
expanding, which I'm still playing around with, and it seems to be not bad
at all).

>Right now I'm watching Woody Allen on the 'Today" show playing jazz
>clarinet. I just bought an old Albert system clarinet on eBay, and after I
>repad and go over it I'm looking forward to having some fun with it. Since I
>have never tried one, any suggestions on info or a fingering chart for them?
>Thanks.

I saw that this morning, too. Previews for the movie I saw earlier looked
interesting, too, and I have not seen a Woody Allen movie in YEARS. I'm
not sure the Rubank books include the Albert charts any more. I've been
tempted by Alberts on eBay many times myself. I know the subject has come
up before. Check the Klarinet archives.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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