Author: tylerleecutts
Date: 2014-12-16 19:42
I'll try to be the least subjective about this as possible. Actually, I was about to release a short Youtube video with me explaining the mechanical features I believe makes certain ligatures outperform others.
In my experience, I would describe the Rovners as:
Dark: Round, full sound. Can get muffled if overtightened. Articulation suffers some because the entire reed is covered.
Light: All of the great features of the Dark, without muffling the sound. I took my Light a step further and cut off a lot of material from the center. It appears like the vandoren MO ligature now, two narrow horizontal bands.
Mark III: For me, the ultimate Rovner configuration. No added metal in the ligature will keep your mouthpieces safe. The ligature acts as a cradle and keeps the center of the reed from being choked. This is similar to the Versa X and Versa ligatures, but without metal. In my experience, ligatures composed of one material resonate better than hybrids with multiple layers of material trying to vibrate.
Versa X: The Versa X with the flaps over the cradle is almost a cross between the Dark and Mark III. Rovner states it is the absolute darkest ligature they offer, which I agree. However, it can get too muffled in articulation. The sound is easily controlled, and I think it's characteristics would be very well-suited for chamber music.
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