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Re: Ligatures

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2021-12-16 21:33

I have to laugh.

"Meg," the OP, may be old enough by now that her child finds fit to ask her question.

And yet despite the passage of time, my answer would likely be the same, which is that while I am a bit concerned over her use of such an open mouthpiece (B45), that this is her best ligature:

https://store.weinermusic.com/collections/2731-bb-clarinet-caps-ligatures/products/standard-bb-clarinet-ligature

and these her best ligature perfectors:

https://store.weinermusic.com/collections/3694-bba-clarinet

I say this, tongue in cheek, because I like how the clarinet resonates best over "the money that remains in the bank" for more important things, like etude books.

Look, at the high end of play, ligatures do add value. Still more, for all my talk, I play a Vandoren M/O...but not because of how it plays, but rather its double threaded ease of quickly getting reeds on an off with less spins of the tightening/loosening mechanism.

Ten years from now, I'd guess, my answer will still be the same.

People, clearly a ligature that reliably holds a reed is key. Clearly there are crap ligatures. But what do I know that Drucker didn't, playing the stock ligature that came with his clarinet?

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