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a new metal ligature

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2018-07-01 20:52
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Hi,

I wondered if I might ask advice about getting used to a new metal ligature?

I just started playing the clarinet a few weeks ago, and I think my clarinet was made in about 1940. It plays very nicely, and I can easily play from the bottom note right up to c3 and back down.

However the old metal ligature is splitting and the split is spreading rapidly. I went to the shop today and bought a new metal one that looks very similar, but when I put it on, I find it much harder to make a good sound reliably, and often the clarinet makes a noise like a train whistle, where it didn't used to do that.

I wondered if I maybe need to leave the ligature on with a reed in place for a few days to let it mould to the shape of the mouthpiece, or something like that, or whether it is just a different kind of metal and will never be quite the same?

I have a friend who is a good welder and I'm also wondering if I should ask her if she could weld my old ligature.

My clarinet says that it was made by E.J. Albert in Bruxelles, and the mouthpiece says Boosey and Hawkes, London, Made in France.

I'd be very grateful for any advice. I don't have a teacher.

Thanks. :-)

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