Klarinet Archive - Posting 000338.txt from 2005/02

From: Jason Buchanan <jsb@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ligature - Grabner mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:59:22 -0500

GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:

>In a message dated 2/18/2005 8:26:57 PM Central Standard Time,
>jsb@-----.com writes:
><<Why? The Inverted Bonade is a perfectly good ligature.>>
>
>
>Caution about the Bonade Ligatures as they have been made within the last
>few years. I have handled quite a few of these "newer" ones. For a while I sold
>them from my website. My problem with them is that the metal edges, under
>the screws, have not been de-burred, buffed, and polished. Since the edges are
>very rough, they make fearsome parallel scratches in the back of the
>mouthpiece.
>
>
>

Hmm - disappointing. Perhaps I'll work on getting my old one back into
shape - it's only slightly bent. I guess I was interested in new
hardware for the sheer investigative joy of it. It seems that musical
instruments are suffering the same calamity as automobile manufacturers,
all going downhill to some degree in the interests of creating some new
option.

I found my old Woodwind C8 mouthpieces the other day and really enjoy
the tonal quality they produce - at the time I stumbled onto them I
couldn't find anything that would beat them. Looking at the vast array
of mouthpieces produced by Vandoren and Grabner look quite interesting...

Anyone care to make any comparisons of the Grabner K11/K13/CXZ AW PERS
mouthpieces?

regards,
Jason

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