Klarinet Archive - Posting 000286.txt from 2002/05

From: "James Snell" <janddsnell@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ligatures
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 10:56:55 -0400

David McClune said: The old Ligature search... Take a Bonade and using a
small flat needle file:

The two suggestions that followed (tongue in cheek, I realize) involve very
different pressure points impinging on the reed. Number one, if anything,
increases the contact area of reed with the rails. Number two reduces the
contact area and limits it to four spots at the ends of the ligature.

I wonder whether the effects of these different approaches to fixing the
reed to the mouthpiece might not vary greatly, depending on whether or not
the table is flat or concave. Has anyone noticed different effects?

Please, no "bright" versus "dark" debates.

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