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Re: My Favorite Logature's a Hairtie

Author: Speculator Sam
Date: 2018-04-06 05:08

Making a new reply because the one just made's lengthy already. I sense the advice/moral of story is any lightweight material that sorta, not to romanticize it but uh..., "gently caresses" the reed with even distribution upon a majority of the bark should be a fine candidate.

Personally, saw improvement with the hair-tie probably because the dingy/deteriorated aluminum stock ligature that came with the Evette Clarinet I play right now is cheaply made; also the rubber band within the fabric of the hair tie is wide like linguine so it evenly distributes pressure on the bark rather than knawing straight into the center as cheap ligs. usually do.

I suppose if desired, when my bass clarinet comes back from the repair-person, I could get a shiny Vandoren or Florian Popa Lig so the instrument can look classy. The overall point is as long as the lig. simply and gently holds the reed in place with the right amount of force, then it's a good lig regardless of exact material. String/Fabric ligs. do this well because they are a less dense material that happens to apply force evenly along the bark of the reed.

My dream instrument'd be a pro. Selmer or Buffet bass with gold plated keys, bell, and neck joint like described on eddiesclarinet.com, maybe a Vandoren M/O bari sax lig to match the color scheme. That being said, my Evette looks quite pretty with the banana cream and pink tie-die hair-scrunchy.

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