Klarinet Archive - Posting 000297.txt from 1999/08

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Optimum Caps - now made in Plastic too
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 12:40:13 -0400

In a message dated 8/12/99 10:05:17 AM Central Daylight Time,
reedman@-----.com writes:

<<
Vandoren now makes Plastic Caps as an option for the Optimum Ligature. The
Silver Caps add about $12 to the ligature cost.
>>
Honestly, are these things any good?

I tried an Optimum in a music store about a year ago, and was singularly
unimpressed. I have any number of ligature that seem better, at a fraction of
the price. Seemed gimmicky and VERY overpriced.

Opinions?

WG

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