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Re: Woodstone Ishimori Metal Ligature

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2020-07-03 00:53

Yes I have the yellow gold Ishimori. With cane it is fairly impressive, encouraging a robust sound (similar to the Silverstein sound). But I found it to be quite sensitive to placement. Prior to this ligature I was always able to count on ligatures sounding better a little lower on the stock. This one really wanted to be high up on the stock of the reed for some reason.

I can't say that I found much difference with this ligature against most of the other top expensive ligatures on plastic reeds. In the most recent test the only "standard" ligature that held up well was brass Scott that was custom made for German mouthpieces (like all Scott's it features bands that hold at the top and bottom of the reed stock).

Honestly the only ligature of metal, wood, or string that stands out to any degree with Legere was the ZAC Ligature. In the end though I found the one with the wooden plate to create a raspy sound that was not pleasant at high dynamic levels. The brass plate version was less raspy and quite good.

Of course they ALL pale in comparison (using Legere) to any of the all plastic ligatures (Luyben, Gigliotti, Robert Vinson, generic Chinese - no brand name given). Some crazy resonance going on that makes the combination with Legere a real winner.

.................Paul Aviles

Post Edited (2020-07-03 04:29)

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