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Re: Hello (and goodbye) Florian Popa Fake Ligature

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-06-07 21:52

I can't honestly see how this kind of wooden ligature isn't going to crack as any wooden tube that isn't supported with some form of band to counteract the pressure exerted from within when placed onto the mouthpiece and pushed down to hold the reed securely is going to end up in tears.

This is the reason why clarinet sockets have metal bands on them as a socket without any additional form of strengthening is likely to crack due to the pressure from the tenon cork when assembled, no matter how thick the socket wall may be.

You can have this repaired by banding the ligature with metal or carbon fibre bands as that will add the strength a plain wooden tube just hasn't got.

If people had a full understanding of the properties of the materials they're using, then these problems won't happen.

In my opinion, a machined grenadilla tube is far from ideal for this purpose. You're far better having the tubular ligature made from laminated grenadilla built up of several layers from a long strip of grenadilla veneer with the grain running radially as that will at least have the necessary tensile strength as opposed from machining it from a solid billet.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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