Klarinet Archive - Posting 000294.txt from 2011/06

From: Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] velcro
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:08:07 -0400

Velcro works fine until you try to remove your mouthpiece to swab or
put it on your
A clarinet and the reed and velcro come loose and you miss your
entrance. The velcro loosens also and the reed can move. If you
enjoy living dangerously don't waste $10 on a real ligature. You can
also hold your reed on with chewing gum or glue it permanently to the
mouthpiece.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Finn Jespersen <fj4800@-----.dk> wrote:
>
> Hi, Here=B4s the wiking again! This time with a suggestion to the cheapes=
t ligature you ever had. I saw in the book of David Pino (The clarinet and =
Clarinet playing), that he uses a shoestring, and he also mentions somethin=
g about velcro. Today I=B4ve tryed a rubberband as ligature. It works fine,=
but is a bit awkward on-and-off. Later my wife gave me a piece of velcro, =
and I made sort of a ring out of it. The size of the ring I made (once for =
all) so, that it fits over my mouthpiece with the reed on it, not too tight=
, not too slack. It works fine, and I think my tone has become better (I us=
ed to use metalligature earliere). Can anybody tell me, why I should offer =
150 $ on an ordinairy ligature, as long as my velcro ring is doing a fine j=
ob?
>
> gr. Finn, Denmark
>
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