Strathon Mouthpiece/Ligature
January 18, 2008 in Articles
Hello, I recently purchased a strathon mouthpiece on ebay and unfortunately for me it did not come with a ligature, if you have seen the mouthpiece it has an adjustable baffle, which makes putting a regular lig on it almost impossible, does anyone know where I can find one of these ligatures or what type of ligature i could use or something i could use as a ligature? For now I have been using scotch tape which works well but is a pain to have to put the reed on every time, I also tried velcro strips which work decently but the reed seems too loose. This is a great mouthpiece, I really like the sound I get from it. Am I out of luck, stuck with using scotch tape as a ligature? Thanks
E: “Looking at my Strathon, it seems that one could construct some sort of ligature for it. The one that comes with it is sort of semi-circular, with ‘wings’ that point inwards and that would go into the grooves on the mouthpiece. The actual ligature plate seems to be nothing special, but there is a screw adjust on it. I would say a little trip to Home Depot could solve some of this. I’ll upload some pictures of that would help. I don’t think anything sold today would really work, unless maybe you want to get an Otto Link ligature and tweak that to work with the Strathon. It sorta looks like it would, if you give it a little persuading with a pair of pliers
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