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Re: Regarding an Eddie Daniels Ligature

Author: GBK
Date: 2019-08-18 21:35

Eddie Daniels ligatures were made for clarinets ans saxophones but they did go through several generational changes from their first appearance in the 1980's. The 1R is the standard marking for clarinet and the ED designates Eddie Daniels model.

The first generation model (1980's?) of the Rovner Eddie Daniels ligature (original model #1R-ED) had 2 fixed metal plates which contacted the reed.

The ligature also had 8 soft rubber "ribs" (4 on each side) on the inside of the ligature, which made contact with the mouthpiece (similar to a Gigliotti ligature). Later, the design was slightly changed, and the 8 "ribs" were made of hard plastic, instead of the soft rubber like the original ligature. This, I thought was a bad decision (including some reps from Rovner who agreed) as the ligature then tended to slip.

The next generation(s) of the Eddie Daniels ligatures (ED I, ED II) had a different metal plate system which allowed for different configurations of contact with the reed.

IMO, the very first generation Eddie Daniels ligature was far better than any of the subsequent or current versions with the different plate positions. It used the principals of both the inverted Bonade ligatue and Gigliotti ligature with Rovner materials.

The saxophone Eddie Daniels ligatures (at least the ones I have) are marked 2M - ED (or similar) as they fit my metal tenor sax mouthpieces.

My alto sax Eddie Daniels ligature will fit my clarinet mouthpiece, but I've never used it for that purpose.

...GBK

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