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Re: Mass Loaded Ligatures?

Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2022-09-16 00:01

Paul,

Firstly, I always enjoy reading your posts and responses. I find your enthusiasm to make for highly enjoyable reading (and a bit addictive for me!). I also find you to be very inquisitive and unafraid to try new things and when something new improves a particular aspect of your playing (from your point of view), you're not the least bit concerned about what others may think of you in changing your mind about using a totally different ligature or reed that you previously announced in the past as being the greatest.

Secondly, "Clarinet Mentors" ranks the Vandoren Optimum as in second place to the top five of her favorite ligatures. https://www.clarinetmentors.com/resources/LigatureRecommendations.pdf

Innovations are always producing products which may or may not improve the playing performance for an individual. As the saying goes...you can't know for sure until you've tried it.

Concerning better intonation, here's a barrel from Rovner called the Proteus which advertises improved intonation and tone: https://donnaschwartzmusic.com/rovner-clarinet-barrel/
Also: https://www.rovnerproducts.com/rectangular-bore
(Although advertised as "new", it actually came out in 2017.)

As for me, I'm always on the lookout for anything that makes playing easier (using less effort) due to my embouchure dystonia problems.

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