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Re: Requiem for a Ligature

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-02-15 05:37

I have just received my new Masters Ligature, reconfigured to be MORE specific to the Masters Mouthpiece. Ok, it does seem a bit smaller and I believe the "pocket" is a bit more angled. The ONLY thing this would do on a Masters mouthpiece would be to ensure that it does not 'close' as much as the original version. I seem to recall that on the Masters mouthpiece (not what I am doing right now) the original would be completely tightened at about the mid point on a reed. I guess if you like your ligature "up high," then there wasn't enough tightening ability. Now you don't have to worry about that.

On a non Masters (what I AM doing now) I am just about at max opening to have the ligature at the center of a V21. So, I guess it would be best on the Masters mouthpiece but still no significant impact on my use of the ligature (except it costs a little more).

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

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