Klarinet Archive - Posting 000193.txt from 2005/08

From: "David Adlam" <david.adlam@-----.nz>
Subj: [kl] Re: Ah, ligatures....Gold vs. Silver
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 05:40:42 -0400

I believe that many people accept that ligatures affect sound. Whether =
ther
is a difference between silver and goldplating, I shall leave to those =
of
more scientific bent than myself. I have used both the the silver and =
gold
tradition ligatures and also like the Rico H series ligature =96 however =
I am
presently using a Van Doren Soupl=E9 ligature. I believe they have =
different
qualities, much as different clarinet have different qualities. However
after a few days I find that I am choosing a reed/mouthpiece/ligature =
setup
that gets a sound virutalyl indistinguishable from=20

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