Klarinet Archive - Posting 000267.txt from 2002/04

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] A few newbie questions (long)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:32:02 -0400

<<<I'm using a Harrison Hertz inverted ligature - got it for under $20 at a
local music store. I think he passed away, and I don't think anyone is
replicating or mass producing them.>>>

I use the Harrison ligature on clarinet and alto and tenor saxophone, and
like them very much. There were two types of Harrison ligatures, the
"silver," which was silver or nickel silver plated brass, and the "gold"
which was unplated gold lacquer. I much prefer the gold ones.

Several of mine have broken due to long and repeated use, because the metal
is very thin at a couple of points. Fortunately, I have found an instrument
repair person who can repair them so that you can't tell where they were
broken. (He make me swear that I wouldn't tell anyone else that he had that
ability. He says it would cost more to repair one that it would to buy a
replacement ligature.)

I have been told that Vandoren is going to make a replica of the Harrison
ligatures. I hope that is true, and that their version will be as good as
the original was.

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville

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