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Author: Craig1
Date: 2000-03-08 22:16
After reading about ligatures at this wonderful site, I guess I'm pretty convinced that their influence on holding the reed to the mouthpiece is more than just that. They seem to affect the vibration of the reed and even the mouthpiece more than I imagined. Ligatures discussed have been made of sundry materials: metal, plastic, fabric, etc.
but I haven't read at any time of anyone using an elastic band. Well, that is what I tried today and I LIKE IT! It's about 3/8 wide and is small enough so that it fits very snugly around the reed and mouthpiece when twisted only twice. Of course, the 2 areas covering the reed are perfectly flat. I am presuming that it's influence on the reed vibration is a positive one, so I'll keep using it for a while to see if the good news continues. Has anyone else used or is using a rubber band for a ligature? I, and maybe some others would be interested in your comments.
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Author: Brandon
Date: 2000-03-08 23:16
Yes. I use a rubber band on my plastic horn when marching or playing a pep band gig for basketball. It allows more freedom than my normal ligature on that particular horn. I broke my ligature on accident and had to use a rubber band. Used it ever since on my plastic horn.
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Author: Nick Conner
Date: 2000-03-09 00:17
While I haven't seen anything like that, my stand partner told me that on her trip to Europe, an alto sax player borrowed her hair band and played with their whole tour in Europe.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-03-09 00:24
I have a ligature which consists essentially of 2 rubber rings [prob. "o" rings, as usec in plumbing etc] connected and spaced by an elastic loop, which sounds a bit like yours. I have seen the patent, but cant find it at this time. It seems to be about the minimum needed to hold the reed, but look in catalogs, there are a lot of ligs!! Don
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-03-09 02:44
The patent no. is US 4,347,776, inventors Grass and Stout, 1982, Broken Arrow, OK !! It may be viewed on the IBM.com or the USPTO.gov sites. I have a copy of the patent, it is short and the drawings are self-explanatory. Don
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Author: Willie
Date: 2000-03-09 04:54
I know a man who has been using two #64 rubber bands for years. Started when his lig broke minutes before curtain and been using them ever since.
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Author: Beejay
Date: 2000-03-09 08:18
OK, but with reference to other recent communications on this site, I hope you don't allow your rubber band ligatures to come into contact with your keys. BTW, have you tried a Velcro strip?
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Author: Megan
Date: 2000-03-09 15:17
I used a rubber band to play Eb with when the ligature for it broke and liked it quite a bit. Haven't tried it on the Bb yet.
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Author: James
Date: 2000-03-09 15:36
There are some people who use rubber "O" rings. They say to take your mouthpiece and reed to a plumbing supply and get two that will fit (I think they have to be different sizes). I have not tried this, but they say it gives the reed a lot of freedom to vibrate yet holds the reed securely. They are also really cheap. I am considering trying it just to see how it works.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-03-10 17:23
I found it, EUREKA! It seems to fit, inter alia, an old Woodwind mp, will try it and report my "research"! Don
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-03-13 20:49
I tried it out, wasn't greatly impressed. Playing, seemed to be "darker-duller" than the Bonade invert. Putting on and off had some difficulties with ring-twisting [had to be lifted to untwist] and I had a feeling of uncertainity re: reed security under playing stress, [like I do with the Rovners]. Just a [nice?] old fellow's opinions. Don
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