Klarinet Archive - Posting 000298.txt from 2011/06

From: "Keith Bowen" <keith.bowen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] velcro
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:52:51 -0400

String works fine - almost all German clarinettists use it - and to my ear
the sound is better. But it does need the grooved German mouthpiece. It will
slip on a French smooth-finished mouthpiece.

There are also woven string, woven leather and solid 'rings'that you can buy
at great price. So Finn's ideas do not merit a scornful reply.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Marks [mailto:martymarks511@-----.com] =

Sent: 30 June 2011 20:08
To: The Klarinet Mailing List
Subject: Re: [kl] velcro

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 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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