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Author: hans
Date: 2004-09-29 22:06
I've just returned from Quebec City, where there are buskers on a board walk in front of the Chateau Frontenac hotel. One older gentleman was playing a ~60 year old Conn tenor sax. He had great skill and a wonderful tone so I stopped to listen and ask about his instrument. He was using a metal hose clamp for a ligature. (The mouthpiece was a Larsen 110, the reed a 3.5).
It reinforced for me what I've read here often - that the player is more important than the equipment.
Hans
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2004-09-29 22:24
Well said, Hans, I've always thought that at least 75% of the sound comes from the player, the rest from the use of good horns and accessories such as [possibly] ligs. I have a couple of "expandable" mesh [Selmer?] ligs which can be adjusted to match any "odd-sized-shaped" mps made before modern "standardization" started. Some oldies are goodies ! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: jim S.
Date: 2004-09-29 22:52
I heard a wonderful busker playing tin whistle in Bath this summer. He played cheap Generation instruments with perfect intonation, without smears, and with an absolutely beautiful vibrato. His fingers seemed to cover the holes with the second joint and remain so close to the holes at all times that he must have been half- and quarter-holing, etc., lots of the time in order to get such intonation. A great talent sleeping under a bush!
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Author: Matt Locker
Date: 2004-09-30 11:44
Hans:
Did you see the guy playing Bass Clarinet (& Bb also) in Quebec City? He was hanging around down in the old section when I was there last fall. I thought for a street clarinetist he was quite good, and entertaining as well.
MOO,
Matt
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Author: Iacuras
Date: 2004-09-30 12:16
I think most of the sound comes from the player, but some does come from the ligature. I just bought a new BG Super Revelation Ligatuer for my Bass, and have been getting much better intonation in the throat tones, and a stronger and clearer tone in all octaves. It has also helped increase my range. (Edited to fix spelling error)
Steve
"If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon."
"If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly."
Post Edited (2004-09-30 23:59)
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-09-30 13:02
lHans...not familiar with Larsen stuff but looking in the WWBW catalog I see the Berg Larsen metal mouthpieces do use a Berg Larsen metal lig that looks a lot like a hose clamp. Wondering if you got a real close look at the lig....
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-09-30 14:13
Bob,
I did get a close look, a little less than arm's length. The ligature did not look like what I see in the WWBW catalog for Larsen.
He was using a narrow mesh hose clamp with a single screw that could be adjusted with either a flat bladed screwdriver or a nut driver - not by hand.
On a plastic mouthpiece it might be easy to overtighten and warp the mouthpiece but his was stainless steel.
Regards,
Hans
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-09-30 16:18
Hmmm.....
Buying auto hose clamps at $.20/each
Selling them to saxophonists at $30.00/each
/Just doing the math ...GBK
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Author: OpusII
Date: 2004-09-30 17:28
GBK,
I think you are in Business, I know a lot of saxophonists if you need some buyers.
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