Klarinet Archive - Posting 000302.txt from 2011/06

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] velcro
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:16:40 -0400

I have played around with velcro. I have some 2 sided velcro that works out=
pretty well. If you make it slightly smaller so it will be snug and push i=
t on, it holds just fine and does not slip. =

I still prefer my usual array of ligatures, which are metal. I have mostly=
considered the velcro for mouthpieces that are slightly off sized that do =
not comfortably use a standard sized lig or for use in a pinch with student=
s who forget, step on, break their ligatures. It would work great in an eme=
rgency.

To answer the question in the post, use what works for you and what you lik=
e. =

Ed

On Jun 30, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Finn Jespersen 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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