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Ligatures

Author: Bubalooy
Date: 2007-01-02 21:34

My Ligature broke after about 30 years of use. I had a "Harrison?" anyway shaped like an H and gold (plated I assume) and the ligature just broke on what would be the horizontal line of the H. I didn't tighten it particularly hard or anything like that. Anyway, I have been tying my reed on my mouthpiece with a pice of cord for the last few days, and in terms of sound, it works just fine. It is a bit of a hassel to get started but it works well. Perhaps articulation is just a little more difficult, but I couldn't say that with any certainty.

I started looking at ligatures that are available, and I realize that a tiny improvement in "playability" is worth a lot, but ligatures range from about 5 dollars to 85 dollars. My string was almost free. Can anything which has the basic function of holding a reed on a mouthpiece really be worth 85 dollars? If so, I'll probably spend it. Any thoughts?

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2007-01-02 21:34