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Author: johnhcl
Date: 2013-08-11 16:01
http://www.morizono.co.jp/MOMO%20Special%20Ligatures%202.htm
I'm looking to get/try some Momo ligatures. I contacted the guy's email on this website and didn't get a response. They're made in Japan and seems hard to acquire. Does anyone know if anyone sells them here in United States or how to get a hold of the ligature?
Thanks, I appreciate anyone's help!
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-08-11 16:36
34,500 Yen = $358.
I'll stick with string, thank you very much.
Ken Shaw
Post Edited (2013-08-11 16:38)
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Author: johnhcl
Date: 2013-08-11 16:43
Yes, I'm perfectly aware Ken. So is there anyone on this board that actually has some suggestions on where to find this ligature?
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Author: sclarinet
Date: 2013-08-11 19:24
You can only get them in Japan. I was lucky,
my friend plays the festival there and was able to go
to the shop and get Momo to make bunch of them.
It does not sound they will be imported to US
any time soon.
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Author: Bill Patry
Date: 2013-08-11 20:07
Attachment: Momo Ligatures.jpg (37k)
Yes, one certainly should try something before judging it. I have tried the Momo ligatures. I own six of them: two sopranos, two basses, one alto, and one Eb (picture attached). It is also my understanding that you have to get them in person, and that is how I got mine, about ten days ago.
Here are my thoughts. They are beautifully made. I was told it takes him one day to make a soprano ligature, two days for a bass ligature.For all types of clarinets (sopranos, alto, bass, Eb), they come in brass and nickel silver, both gold plated. They also come in either a horizontal or vertical model. One thing that is quite different is that the screws are tightened facing you as you put the reed on, but with the screws to the left.
For the soprano and bass (the ones I ordered both brass and nickel silver) I and a friend who tried them favored the nickel silver. The nickel silver has a core centered tone that s focused, full, and bright. With my daughter's Selmer 65 bass, the low Eb, E, and F were appreciably more full and better in tune, the Eb stunningly so; previously it had a muffled sound.
The brass is great too but it lacks a bit of the focus and brightness of the nickel silver.I only have the brass for the alto (which I use for basset horn) and for Eb. With the alto mouthpiece, the Momo is a definite improvement over my Ishimori pure silver alto ligature, which I had thought to be quite excellent.
With the Eb, I favored my Ishimori a bit over the Momo because I thought the Ishimori slightly more easy blowing and fuller, but my Ishimori Eb ligature is unusual: it is not solid metal but instead, for the reed, has a vertical post tied to the front of the mouthpiece by two cords. It is a little effort to put it on, but worth it. Ishimori has just released a new solid Eb ligature, gold-plated, but I don't believe it is in the U.S. yet, and I haven't tried it.
The Momo ligatures have been described as amazing by everyone I know who has actually tried them. Whether they are worth the money and effort to get them is of course an individual decision, and also obviously they may not to be everyone's taste, but I am very very impressed. They are a very small production item and as a result will always be a niche market, albeit a high end one, If you ever in Connecticut, John, feel free to come by and try them.
Bill
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Author: johnhcl
Date: 2013-08-11 20:40
Thanks very much Bill. So you got them in a recent trip to Japan?
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Author: Bill Patry
Date: 2013-08-11 21:08
I got them from someone who made the pilgrimage there. He also visited with Ishimori, whom I deeply respect too.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-08-12 02:16
Forgive my Placebo Effect, but even with a Flying Spaghetti Monster ligature, hand-woven from Japanese string and cast in platinum, I can't understand how a ligature can improve intonation on the lowest notes of a bass clarinet.
I'm sure Momo and Ishimori are doing something, and they're doing it very carefully and very well, but no matter what they do, the toe-bone still ain't connected to the ligature-bone.
Ken Shaw
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