Klarinet Archive - Posting 000300.txt from 2011/06

From: Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] velcro
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:06:03 -0400

You're correct. I apoligize. I did sound scornful and if my
ligatures cost $150 I would use velcro also.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Keith Bowen <keith.bowen@-----.com> wrote:
> 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 w=
ill
> 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
>
> =A0Velcro 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. =A0The velcro loosens also and the reed can move. =A0If you
> enjoy living dangerously don't waste $10 on a real ligature. =A0You 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 cheape=
st
> 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 someth=
ing
> 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, n=
ot
> 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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