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Author: edcabarga
Date: 2009-09-27 05:01
Does anybody know where to find Brancher ligatures? I just tried one in gold and it was great. The problem is I think they are not making them anymore.
Edward Cabarga
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
National Symphony Orchestra
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Author: USFBassClarinet
Date: 2009-09-27 05:44
Brook Mays seems to have them. I have never dealt with them before though
http://www.brookmays.com/prod_disp.asp?itemnum=BC3201
as well as weiner
http://shop.weinermusic.com/Brancher-Clarinet-Ligatures/products/1659/
Post Edited (2009-09-27 05:45)
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-09-27 13:16
I made a quick search on Google Patents, but did not find any as named. There are several lig patents to [unkown to me] other inventors, so if a pic or good description can be given, I'll look again. Luck, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2009-09-27 13:49
I have one of these, I lost the cap for it though. It was quite good but I find the ligature slips up the mouthpiece, well on mine it did. I still have it but use the Vandoren Klassic string lig.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: NBeaty
Date: 2009-09-27 14:40
cigleris wrote:
> I have one of these, I lost the cap for it though. It was quite
> good but I find the ligature slips up the mouthpiece, well on
> mine it did. I still have it but use the Vandoren Klassic
> string lig.
>
I have tried the string ligature, but found that when the strings were pulled to tighten around the mouthpiece, it would never stay tight. Never seemed to be secure enough compared to other ligatures or using a actual string. Is this just the one I tried, or is this the way they are?
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Author: kilo
Date: 2009-09-27 16:06
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=234614&t=234199
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-09-27 17:00
Hi Ed, have you ever tried the "new" Rovners? I've been using one for many years and have just tried his newest, it's very good. He's always upgrading. His shop is in Timonium in Baltimore County, if you want I'm sure he'll let you come over and try them. Let me know if you want to do that and I'll pass it through to him and get back to you. He's a good friend. Let me know via my e-mail address so I don't have to keep checking this, palanker@aol.com. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2009-09-27 18:32
NBeaty,
I haven't had that problem with mine and I've been using it for well over a year and a half. I recall once getting it a little wet and it shrunck. So much so that it wouldn't go on the mouthpiece. I managed to get it back on the wooden thing it comes with and let it dry, it was just as good as before.
I suppose if you have a slightly thinner mouthpiece it might slip as the cords can only be tightened so far. The thing I find with this is not to have it too tight anyway so the reed can vibrate freely.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2009-09-27 19:08
I agree with Peter. I much prefer the Vandoren Klassik and how it holds the reed. I got a Brancher a couple of years ago from wwbw, but sent it back almost immediately. The darned thing would NOT stay where I wanted it on my mouthpiece.
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Author: spage
Date: 2009-09-28 09:56
The Brancher ligs are wonderful when they fit. I've had a couple and still have one which I consider my 'best' lig (it lives with my favourite pair) . However all Brancher ligs are not equal and many of the batch I tried when I needed a replacement were just too large. I suspect this is the problem other posters mean. It's quite possible that they'd fit other mouthpieces, given the variations in those too, but fitting ones m'piece to ones lig might be considered extreme ![[rotate]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley25.gif) They're also a bit fragile ![[frown]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie2.gif) It is possible to do a snip-and-solder, as cearnsh managed to do with one of his and one of mine, but it's not that straightforward, in our case the result is serviceable but not quite a precise fit.
Post Edited (2009-09-28 09:59)
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Author: jbutler ★2017
Date: 2009-09-28 22:34
I tried one once and had the same problem others posted. It slipped too much. I either sold it or gave it away. Have you thought about a Spriggs floating rail ligature?
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2009-09-29 11:43
For slipping ligatures I have always "scored" the surface with a file or even an emery board. In the case of the Brancher, just rough up the surface of the two "barrels" that rest on the top of the mouthpiece (preferably sand sidways for better traction).
As for being too fragile, I have had one pop (I tend to really want to bear down on my reeds), but since have maintained one in nickel and one in gold that work just great.
..................Paul Aviles
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2009-09-30 16:26
Hey, does anybody remember the brand name of this ligature overseas?
I recall that it was sold under a more Frenchified name but can't remember off hand. The model was called the "Opera" but the manufacturer's name was something like "Dubois?"
Perhaps they are still available under that name, whatever it is.
.................Paul Aviles
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-09-30 17:26
In trying to find this inventor and his description/embodiments, I need a bit of description/pic , Please. A multi-patented lig to Valtchev is prominent, recently. With a cursory viewing, it appears to be a multi-looped spiral, of prob. elastic ?wire/cord, which, like the O-ring lig could have slipping problems. Help, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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