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Re: Vientos Vintage Ligature: Amazing.

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-09-19 07:08

Yes. The Flex is on a short list of non-plastic (non-polymer) ligatures that work quite well, particularly when left quite loose. That list includes BG Standard, Rovner Versa (flaps over metal insert), GF MX-03M, and the Vandoren Leather with the harder leather "plate" (black). The Flex is one of the best at this because of its "tacky" sort of material. It holds on fairly well as you remove or replace the mouthpiece.

But if you haven't tried the polymer ligatures (Luyben, Periera 3D, Gigliotti, Vientos Cristiline) with Legere, you're missing something special. It proves there is more than just the architecture involved here. The material is lending something more to the ability of the entire mouthpiece/reed system to resonate.

I can no longer speak to cane on this point since I gave up on that six years ago. But now I do not feel there is any compromise using plastic over cane.

..............Paul Aviles

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