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Re: Vertical Rail vs. Horizontal Rail Ligature

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2011-11-18 15:50

There are hundreds ligature of designs, each one weirder than the last http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoX9FisZOGTkA3.KJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dclarinet%2Bligature%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dclarinet%2Bligature%26fr%3Dyfp-t-471%26b%3D163%26tab%3Dorganic&w=546&h=153&imgurl=www.the-clarinets.net%2Fimages%2Fblattschrauben.png&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-clarinets.net%2Fenglish%2Fclarinet-mouthpiece.html&size=92.7+KB&name=The+Clarinets+-+The+Instrument+-+Mouthpiece+and+Lay&p=clarinet+ligature&oid=9722bc8bc2b51d6bb55e766ed83194ba&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-471&tt=The+Clarinets+-+The+Instrument+-+Mouthpiece+and+Lay&b=193&ni=54&no=215&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=11trr18pc&sigb=144eqt6md&sigi=11fbt7biv&.crumb=U6eXe/SsKTK.

You use what works, and the differences and improvements of any particular design are small.

My preferences:

1. My right thumb. Of course that only lets me play notes on the upper joint, and I haven't found a friend flexible enough to wrap around my body so I can play with both hands.

2. String http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Uploads/strnglig.html.

3. The cheapest available metal ligature, bent with needle-nose pliers so that the metal doesn't touch the edges of the reed. This is the Kalmen Opperman and Richard Stoltzman solution.

4. The Olegature http://www.olegproducts.com/olegatures-ligatures.asp. The problem is, there are hundreds of different positions and tightness variations, all impossible to duplicate. Only Oleg himself can reliably set it in the best way. Also, the screws are tiny and kill my fingers when I adjust them.

5. The Rovner Light http://www.rovnerproducts.com/ligaturesnew.htm, which blows freely and is very modestly priced.

∞ [infinity]. Fancy ligatures, in order of increasing price. The more geegaws, the more it interferes with free vibration.

The stock Buffet ligature with the metal plate) is, in my opinion, pure poison. http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?141556-FS-FT-Cheap-Selmer-Magnitone-Bay-Buffet-amp-Berg-Larsen-Lig, photo 25.

William -

I played on a Winslow for a while, both the first and (lighter) second version. (So did Larry Combs -- maybe the only thing we have in common.) I found that they worked best with all six stems installed. However, the ends of the stems were cross-hatched, and they really tore up the bark area of the reeds. It was a tremendous relief to go back to string, or, if I'm in a hurry, the Opperman solution or the Rovner Light.

Ken Shaw

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