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Re: Best Cheap String Ligature?

Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2016-09-07 16:57

The German stuff is relatively soft. Most of it now seems to be braided cotton, although I got some out of nylon or something like it at the Wurlitzer workshop in the '70s. I asked him how much, and he replied, "Ich habe kein Verkauf für Schnur." Craft stores usually have a variety of strings of the appropriate diameter to try. Different kinds of string can give you very different experiences. I suspect the soft stuff is favored because you can get a little more tension with it. I tried different kinds of shoelaces, and none of them ever came close to what the Germans use. Oddly, just about every American and Briton I've seen tie the string wraps it clockwise, and most Germans I've seen wrap it anti-clockwise. There's probably some profiling one could do with that, but it doesn't seem to make any difference in how it plays. If you wrap it clockwise in front of some Germans, though, they might trade knowing glances. I'd suggest getting some of the German stuff, and then seeing what you can get locally that behaves the same way. It doesn't really wear out much.

Post Edited (2016-09-07 17:01)

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