Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2003/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ligature question
Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 09:15:42 -0400

At 10:33 PM 5/2/2003 -0500, James Hobby wrote:
>When I was in high school -- a long time ago -- I1 had a ligature that had
>two narrow metal bars, one on each side, about 1/16th wide" on either side
>of the opening. This was the only part that touched the reed. I remember
>being very fond of it until an incident in the opera orchestra pit, when I
>was stupidly holding my A between my knees as I took my overcoat off to hang
>over the seat. (The clarinet went down, crystal mpc hit the solid base of a
>music stand, glass went everywhere, and a trombone player, trying to get out
>of the way of the glass, managed to stomp the ligature.) I hadn't thought
>about it in years, but I'm not really happy with the sound I'm getting
>recently, and that's one thing I'd like to go back in time to find. I seem
>to dredge up the memory that it may have been a "Fuller Ligature", but that
>may not even be close. (This was the late fifties.)
>
>Suggestions where I can find this, or one similar? Thanks, Jim

It sounds a lot like a Bonade to me. They come in inverted or non-inverted
styles. The non-inverted would be very similar to what you describe.

Bill Hausmann

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

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