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Re: Another Vandoren M/O Lig Question

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-02-03 16:48

The leather thing is one of those "this ligature sounds better than another" things. It started for me when a colleague made a big deal about her original, leather Rovner that she would never part with because it played better than the current ones.

As an experiment more than a leap of faith, I decided to invest in one of Mike Lomax's Kangaroo leather ligatures. This is just a basic pouch design that is no different in construction from the Rovner Dark. Much to my surprise the Lomax plays more like the soft ligatures with a metal insert or even a metal ligature. The sound is much more robust and responsive.

Fast forward to my purchase of the Martin Freres barrel. With the barrel I also got a Martin Freres ligature. I was blown away by the response and the solid sound that I can get from it (again, in comparison with other ligatures that are LESS responsive and more covered in sound).

I don't see any reason why a better ligature would be less desirable.

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

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