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Author: Steve
Date: 1999-10-16 03:47
Recently I received a woodwind product catalog which featured several ligatures claiming wonderful results. I use a Buffet with a Hite mouthpiece and a Moennig barrel, but quite honestly, I never really considered that the ligature could help much. Any information or insights would be welcome, as would any recommendations.
In Harmony, Steve
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Author: Mary Beth
Date: 1999-10-16 05:14
Currently, I use a Larry Combs mouthpiece, an Accubore barrel, and VanDoren V-12 reeds. I combine this with a Rovner Lite ligature. I really like the Rovner, as do many others from what i understand. Ligatures make a fairly large difference- the way and amount that touches the reed definitely affect the sound. I have also heard good things about Pyne's woven lig... the one that molds to your mp. Anyway, that's my two cents... MB
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Author: col
Date: 1999-10-16 05:58
i agree with Mary, the ligature can make a big difference to the sound. The vandoren ligature is supposed to be good as it has multiple plates that can be interchanged to create variation in the sound. I will let you know more about it if i can ever save up the money to buy one.
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Author: barry
Date: 1999-10-16 07:23
Just as an experiment, trying taking a strip of 1/2 velcro and sewing the two sides back to back. Then wrap it round the mouthpiece. You might be pleasantly surprised, as I was, at what a good ligature it makes. I usually use a Rovner classic, however, and I wonder if anyone has directly compared this with the Rovner Light version. I have tried the Vandoren Optimum, and found that while it was very easy to use and rather stylish visually, it sounded stuffy no matter which of the three plates I was using. But that could be me, since other clarinetists I know love the Vandoren. Does anyone know, by the way, what is a Lyuben ligature, and how does it work? I keep seeing references to it on this bulletin board.
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Author: Albert
Date: 1999-10-16 08:52
Barry-
The Luyben is a plastic lig that has 4 tiny dots where the lig touches the reed. They let the reed vibrate more freely. I have one myself and it works pretty well, considering how cheap it is! Goes for around $6.
Steve-
Generally, fabric ligatures give you a darker sound but some say they can be stuffy and don't allow the reed to vibrate. Metal ligs like the Bonade allow the reed to vibrate, but can give you a bright sound. There's always been big debate about which is better. Try them out for yourself and see what you like.
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Author: Becky
Date: 1999-10-16 13:54
I have a Gigliotti ligature on my mouthpiece, and it works quite nicely. It is plastic, which some people might not like, but I think it does give the balance b/t a fabric and a metal mouthpiece. I do have that ligature on a Gigliotti mouthpiece with my Moenning barrel, but I have also used it on a regular Buffet M-13 mouthpiece and liked the results just as much.
Becky
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Author: SeAn
Date: 1999-10-16 16:17
I bought some strings while I was in Germany a couple of months ago. A german clarinetist showed me how to tie the string ligature evenly and quickly. I was amazed he could do it in less than 30 secs (mabbe even faster). personally I think I like this string setup the best. there is also a specially designed mouthpiece cap for the string ligature. it has a shape similar to the bell of the clarinet.
I also like the Luyben plastic ligature (mine is the translucent type) and use it from time to time.
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Author: Merry
Date: 1999-10-18 00:00
I have the rovner dark and rovner Eddie Daniels ligatures and most of the time prefer the sound of the cheaper 'dark' ligature on my clarinet. Occassionally I get a reed that sounds better when I use the Eddie Daniels ligature. Ligatures can make a big difference to your sound but you may have to experiment a bit to find out what you like best.
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Author: Sara
Date: 1999-10-18 02:42
I have a Rovner dark and a BG Super relevation both give me full rich sounds I also have a bonade inverted but I think that I like the darker sond that fabric produces instead of the birght that you get from metal.
Sara
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Author: TASH
Date: 1999-10-18 05:44
Becky wrote:
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II have a Gigliotti ligature on my mouthpiece, and it works quite nicely. It is plastic, which some people might not like, but I think it does give the balance b/t a fabric and a metal mouthpiece. I do have that ligature on a Gigliotti mouthpiece with my Moenning barrel, but I have also used it on a regular Buffet M-13 mouthpiece and liked the results just as much.
Becky
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Hello,
I have a Gigliotti mouthpiece, too. (No.3)
Two weeks ago, I tried and bought one in Los Angeles. I have a Vandoren gold plated ligature and some other ligatures like OPTIMUM, Harison, BG, Opera, Bonard and I tried many kids of combinations with some mouthpieces. Recently I play on Gigliotti mouthpiece with Vandoren gold plated ligature. Horn is Buffet Festival. These conbinations match very well to me. Now I can produce richer and darker sound and I am very satisfied with it.
I have questions.
Are you changing the barrel with ease to get your
favorite sound? I realize that a different barrel could change the tone by my experience. I trasnplanted a Selmer Recital's barrel to Selmer 10SII and the tone and intonation were surprisingly changed.
Moenning barrel is a popular one? Expensive? In Japan, A=442Hz.
Thanks for your information.
TASH
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Author: Willie
Date: 1999-10-18 05:45
I once met a man who used two #64 rubber bands for a lig. When I inqired about it he said he tried it long ago when his lig snapped minutes before a concert during warm-ups. He's been using it ever since. Recently at one of our football games, one of the 9th graders came to me asking if I had a spare lig as hers had been "borrowed". I slapped a couple of rubber bands on from my emergency kit I carry. She gave me funny look and tried it. It works! Probably sounded better than the $3.99 lig that the school bought.
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Author: Joanne
Date: 1999-10-19 15:39
Elastic bands work much better than the wire ligs that are supplied with Selmer bass clarinets!
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