Post by pavane on Feb 8, 2023 10:24:00 GMT
It is a good video and a great antidote to all those ones that claim you really can tell the difference between a piece of string and something that costs hundreds. Only of much interest to clarinet or sax players I suppose. What about a gadgets thread? That might be of more general interest because gadget videos can be fun even if you don't play the cello or whatever.
On the subject of string, lots of German clarinet players still use string. My most expensive mouthpiece is my Wurlitzer, but my cheapest ligature is also a Wurlitzer (I actually went mad and bought both the waxed and the unwaxed one). It's still an expensive piece of string but I also got a cheaper one and the string is thinner and needs more turns, so the expensive one does give some benefit. It's surprisingly easy to learn to tie it on, only a problem if you want to do a quick reed change.
I have a clarinet lamp! I bought a really cheap plastic one to try out and it was a useful experience but was basically a piece of junk; I'd seen the lamp thing and decided to try it. It works with a switch on the chord at the moment but I have bought a touch detector and I'm going to try soldering it to one of the keys, but haven't got around to that yet. And yes, like the t-shirt too!
