Klarinet Archive - Posting 000098.txt from 2007/02

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Help with reeds in Baltimore?
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:32:05 -0500

Ted Casher wrote:
> Ted Casher here. Take the Rovner clarinet ligature and give it away to
> some student you don't like! Get on EBay, find the ad for the Oleg
> being sold at discount, and send in the $22 via PayPal---or get an
> Optimum and use the plate with the 4 dots.
> The Rovner takes away all the higher overtones from the sound. It also
> slips, stretches, and manages to keep itself insecure around the mpce.

Oh, what crap. I was playing just 10 minutes ago, with a Rovner
ligature, and have no problem whatsoever playing in the upper register
all the way up to high high C. And it's plenty secure on the mouthpiece.

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