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Winslow Ligature warning......

Author: William
Date: 2009-05-10 17:07

I have noticed an advertisement claiming that a certain ligature produced by John Winslow was made to fit "either Bb clarinet of hard rubber alto saxophone". I want make it absolutely clear that while Bb clarinet ligatures may seem to fit an alto mpc, they were never designed to. All of John's products designed for specific clarinet or saxophone mouthpieces to produce the most complete spectrum of harmonic overtones possible. He acutally had an impressive collection of most different clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces in his home--which doubled as his shop--which he used for making each model of his ligatures and there were many subtile variancies between them all that, in his own words, "You cannot see". So bottom line here is, while some of his clarinet ligs may seem to fit an alto sax mouthpiece, they were not designed to.

FWIW--I may have been one of the first clarinetists to test play a Winslow ligature when John brought this really funny looking big "hunky" device to Muni Band practice one evening for me to try on my Kaspar mpc. Initially, I didn't like it. However, as he refined his products over the years, I changed my mind and he personally hand-fit ligatures for all of my sax & clarinet mouthpieces--so I think I know what I am talking about in saying that, to my knowledge, John Winslow never made a "one size fits both" ligature. Just a friendly warning to all--buyer beware.

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