Klarinet Archive - Posting 000001.txt from 2011/07

From: Finn Jespersen <fj4800@-----.dk>
Subj: Re: [kl] velcro
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:15:20 -0400


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> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:06:03 -0400
> From: martymarks511@-----.com
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] velcro
> =

> 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=
will
> > slip on a French smooth-finished mouthpiece.
> >
> > There are also woven string, woven leather and solid 'rings'that you ca=
n 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 chea=
pest
> > 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 some=
thing
> > about velcro. Today I=B4ve tryed a rubberband as ligature. It works fin=
e, but
> > is a bit awkward on-and-off. Later my wife gave me a piece of velcro, a=
nd I
> > made sort of a ring out of it. The size of the ring I made (once for al=
l)
> > 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 15=
0 $
> > on an ordinairy ligature, as long as my velcro ring is doing a fine job?
> >>
> >> gr. Finn, Denmark
> >>
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