Klarinet Archive - Posting 000296.txt from 2011/06

From: "Marcia Bundi" <msbundi357@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] velcro
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:21:00 -0400

I have also made ligatures out of velcro, only I sewed the bits to a piece
of wide (black) elastic -- worked just fine, although it's in the bottom of
my bass case. I should dig it out and see what it's like -- it's at least 10
years old.

I have also made an emergency ligature out of a pipe strap/clamp lined with
duct tape. It lives in the pocket of my case. It works surprisingly well!

Marcia in MT

----- Original Message ----- =

Hi, Here=B4s the wiking again! This time with a suggestion to the cheapest
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 something
about velcro. Today I=B4ve tryed a rubberband as ligature. It works fine, b=
ut
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 used 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 job?

gr. Finn, Denmark

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