Klarinet Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2007/04

From: Tom Puwalski <tski1128@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Cryogenic ligatures
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:03:43 -0400

Speaking of ligatures, I just had my ancient Bonade ligature,
cryogenically treated. Thats where they put in in a vat of liquid
nitrogen and lower the temperature, to like 250 below O. I'm happy
to report, reeds are no longer any concern at all. Every reed works
perfectly and every mouthpiece I use the "cool" ligature on plays
like it's made by Kaspar or made of some special rubber compound! I
was totally wrong, this ligature IS the sound! Forget anything I've
ever said about double lip, clarinets, mouthpieces or anything!

I'm thinking of getting a doz. or so of these Bonade ligs and getting
the whole batch "Cryoed". I'll then sell them for $100 a piece and
I'll give you a certificate of authenticity! Though I haven't tested
it, I bet if you were to play the clarinet at -250 degrees, this
would be the only ligature that would still function perfectly.

Tom Puwalski, former soloist with the US Army Field Band, Clarinetist
with Lox&Vodka, and Author of "The Clarinetist's Guide to Klezmer"and
most recently by the order of the wizard of Oz, for supreme
intelligence, a Masters in Clarinet performance

On Apr 6, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Glenn Kantor wrote:

>> Maybe we should go back to the discussion of ligatures and the
>> miraculous ability they seem to poses in changing one's sound.
>
>
> No problem here.... :-)
>
> That would be far more amusing than rereading the same recycled,
> rehashed and unwitty one-liners that every adolescent has already
> put on their My Space page.
>
> Glenn Kantor (GBK)
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>

------------------------------------------------------------------