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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-08-24 14:56
Does such a good idea exist?
Geoff Lawton made what I think to be the best example of these ligatures that stayed on the mouthpiece, but is there a clarinet mouthpiece with a similar concept?
Maybe the easy way is to find an engineer to mill out the slots to take a Lawton ligature - probably a baritone one with a soprano pressure plate, or the rubber cushioned pressure plate found on the BBS models would work.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-08-24 15:54
I patent-searched Lawton AND ligature, found nothing. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Arnoldstang
Date: 2005-08-24 17:01
Strathon also has a ligature that is attached. John
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2005-08-24 17:06
Maccaferri made a line of white nylon mouthpieces (for various sizes of clarinets and saxes) with a somewhat similar slide-into-slot ligature design. Dave Guardala uses the Lawton design on his custom sax mouthpieces too, I believe. I'm not sure if the design was patented -- if it were I'm sure Don Berger would have found the patent!
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-08-24 17:22
Maybe not a good idea if you don't like the as-supplied mp......
Bob Draznik
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-08-24 17:27
Maybe I could send my clarinet mouthpiece to the late Geoff Lawton's son to have one fitted as he's taken over the finishing now.
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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2005-08-25 06:28
As far as I know, Lawton mouthpieces are no longer made at all. There's one website that talks about his son taking over, but the site hasn't been updated in 2 or 3 years, and the only place to buy Lawtons online is used on ebay or other such websites.
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