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Makeshift bonade

Author: SVClarinet09
Date: 2007-05-04 20:32

I had an extra selmer ligature lying around and since I've been outta school sick for a while, I decided to make a "makeshift" bonade. Its not inverted. What I did was I used my pliers that I use to change strings on my guitar and with the reed and the ligature on the mouthpiece, I started to bend the ligature to where the ligature did not touch the side of the reed. Has anyone noticed if this is as good as a Bonade? I'm heading to the music shop sometime next week to replace all my reeds which I threw away today due to mono and I'm looking for a tone upgrade with reeds, and a ligature. Rovner ligatures don't cut it for me and I like the sound of metal ligatures, mainly the Bonade.

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Re: Makeshift bonade

Author: Bubalooy
Date: 2007-05-04 21:09

"Rovner ligatures don't cut if for me"

Have you tried the Rovner with the screw mechanism on the reed side of the mouthpiece? I don't like them with the soft material on the reed but find the results with the screw on the reed side quite satisfactory. Happy hunting.

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Re: Makeshift bonade

Author: Don Berger
Date: 2007-05-04 21:49

Very good, Bub - when I go hunting for "dark", I use the "fabric-rubber" ligs with the two bars on the sides of the reed and, being right-handed, reverse the tightening screw assembly. Works well for me. For greater reed-security, I think the two Bonade versions are hard to beat. PM thots, Don

Thanx, Mark, Don

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