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Re: The Silverstein ligature, a good one or snake oil?

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2016-08-18 16:51

Although I've neve tried this ligature I have tried a great many. Many years ago i wrote a camparison article in the Clarinet journal of about eight popular ligatures at the time. I'm a big advocate of a ligature making a difference in your sound and especially in the response of the reed. With that said though, the sound difference in usually very slight and mostly heard more to the player than the audience. Of course if you feel better in comfort you can sound a little better to the listener as well. I've found most of the tonal difference in ligatures is in brightness, brilliance or darkness. That's because some ligature dampen the overtones and some emphasize them more. It also depends on how high or low you place it on the mouthpiece and how loose or tight you make it. There are many variables involved. The only way you can tell if one plays better for you is to try them. Just like mouthpeces and reeds, not everyone sounds the same on any of them. My opinion is that for the price they sell for it better make you sound or feel a lot better. Some players sound great on a piece of string.

ESP eddiesclarinet.com

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