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Author: Feliped80
Date: 2021-03-21 21:11
Hi everyone hope you are all keeping well. I’ve recently bought a ligature advertised as Bb ligature however it didn’t fit any of my mouthpieces so would I be right to think this is for an Eb clarinet ?
Post Edited (2021-03-21 21:13)
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Author: Hurstfarm
Date: 2021-03-21 22:35
The box says it’s the version for a German Bb mouthpiece, so I’m guessing you play the more standard French/Boehm system instrument. Swap it for the standard Vandoren Optimum and you’ll be fine.
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Author: Bill_D
Date: 2021-03-21 22:36
I have one. The model number is LC01P.
Your box is model LC05P for a German clarinet.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2021-03-21 22:36
Yours seems to be a LC05P - that's a Bb clarinet ligature, but for a German clarinet mouthpiece: "Vandoren Optimum Bb German Clarinet silver Plated Ligature & Plastic Cap LC05P"
Karl
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-03-22 07:27
If you ever decide to use an old Richard Hawkins mouthpiece, they are particularly skinny and this ligature works great on them (most normal Boehm ligatures are actually too big!).
................Paul Aviles
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Author: kdk
Date: 2021-03-22 19:09
Paul Aviles wrote:
> If you ever decide to use an old Richard Hawkins mouthpiece,
> they are particularly skinny and this ligature works great on
> them (most normal Boehm ligatures are actually too big!).
>
One of the problems I have when I use Legeres is that, because they're thinner than traditional or thick blank cane reeds, my ligatures (currently Bonade inverted, but in the past Optimum standard) are a little too large to tighten enough to hold them still. I wonder if one of this German-style ligature would cure that problem, or if it would be too small to fit on my mouthpiece. (Realizing I could test this myself if I had one of these ligatures, but I don't).
Karl
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-03-22 21:08
Yes, that's the ticket! The Legeres are also my reason for having a bunch of German ligatures in the drawer.
A good basic one to have is the GF ligature. This one is even more "metal" sounding than the Rovner Dark using the pouch side, but you can invert it and have the plate against the reed for a more defined sound. The clever design allow you to interchange plastic rods of different thicknesses to make the pouch looser or tighter (for Boehm and German). A GREAT all around ligature! The round stickys in the images are to make the cap fit snugger for the smaller mouthpieces.
https://www.thomann.de/gb/gewa_blattschraube_gf04m.htm
................Paul Aviles
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Author: Feliped80
Date: 2021-03-22 22:30
Thank you so much everyone for shining some light to my uncertainty. I will have to sell this and buy other as I use the French Bb system
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