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Author: Kirk
Date: 2001-11-26 01:41
Does it really matter whether you have the ligature facing your chin or away ? What is "gently" tightening the ligature ? I have mine facing my chin and stop tightening at first resistance. I wonder what difference it makes in sound quality.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-11-26 02:04
Gently tightening is not to tighten too much the screws anyway. It deforms reed fibres and hinders vibration. Oiling thread is recommended.
However relative to other things, you will find there are no decisive answers.
Whether or not your ligature faces chin, there are two opinions about the tightening forces of two screws: one insists upper enough teightening and lower loose, the other reverse.
One prefers ligatures facing his chin insisiting that is more sensitive to reed workability. The other insists that inverted ligatures work better. Many older pros seem to prefer ligatures facing their chins.
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Author: Alyson
Date: 2001-11-26 08:59
Kirk it is my preference to only tighten the screws on my BG Super Revelation to finger tightness. ( just meeting resistance ) I feel that any tighter than this inhibits the vibration of the reed. I also place the ligature more towards the bottom of the reed than the top, as this also enables the reed to vibrate more freely. ( IMO )
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-11-26 14:57
My experience, at least with metal ligatures, is exactly the opposite. I tighten up the screws until they won't go any farther and then loosen them a quarter-turn. I think this prevents tiny leaks yet lets the reed vibrate.
I use an inexpensive Martin ligature with the screws underneath. I bend the area on either side of the screws to fit the shape of the reed, and so they do not bind the edges. (Kalmen Opperman showed me this.)
It's a very personal matter. You use what works best for you.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Marcia Nottle
Date: 2001-11-27 06:30
I have been told (by a pro) that the ligature is made to face the way that will enable the screw(s) to be tightened with the right hand. That will determine the direction it should face. Also I have tightened a screw so tightly that I stripped the thread! Since then I have always had a spare with me.
Marcia
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2001-11-27 21:26
It is not a good idea to tighten the screws so tightly the ligature breaks, as did my Bonade. And I prefer the screws away from my chin, in case anyone is taking a poll. The way most ligatures are made, this avoids tearing up the reed fibers by crushing them in the ligature's "jaws," a technique which I seem to have done too often, as you might guess. I've even thought about manufacturing a mini-torque wrench to keep myself from making the screws too tight and to get uniform ligature pressure. Of course, putting it in the orientation I prefer may scratch the mp.... I personally don't believe there is any overwhelming advantage to either method. That's strictly opinion, not based on any sort of scientific stuff. But come to think of it, that's why people prefer different instruments, too, isn't it.
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