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Re: Vandoren Optimum Ligature Compatibility

Author: shmuelyosef
Date: 2017-09-15 06:23

Regarding the M/O ligatures...they do just break. They are pretty flimsy (which might be why they work so well...think string ligatures, which also break).

The Optimum ligs on clarinet are on the large size...i.e. on some mpcs they won't fully tighten. I have found that they generally don't work on Legere reeds which are thinner.

Along the same lines, I have found Vandoren reeds to be thicker in the butt (pun intended) than other reed lines (VD ligs work well on their reeds). Rico (d'Addario now) are always on the thin side with everything else in between. I have not found parallelism to be essential on any ligature...most are pretty forgiving.

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