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Re: Slippery Metal Ligatures

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2018-12-07 21:57

Ken Lagace wrote:

> If you are snugging them on and they slip, they are too large
> for your mouthpiece.

Some mouthpieces' sides are more sloped than others. I think Windy Dreamer is describing a ligature that tightens (snugs) properly but shimmies up over a short period of time, not one that slips off, i.e. when you try to move the mouthpiece, because it's too large and doesn't grip even with the screw(s) fully tightened. This can happen with a standard size clarinet ligature that just doesn't fit the shape of the mouthpiece. The solutions are either to find a ligature that doesn't slide on the mouthpiece you're using, put something between the ligature and mouthpiece surfaces to provide more traction, or put in something even bulkier (a thicker patch or cork) to make the ligature fit tighter. This third option may defeat the design of a ligature meant to contact the reed only at certain points by changing its shape.

Karl

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