LIGATURE SOLUTIONS

Our own ligatures and caps are now available for LL tenor and HB Alto. These are inverted screw design in gold lacquer (screw on top and band around the reed, as with BG and Rovner soft ligs) This lig also fits the P baritone.

We also recommend the following BG Tradition metal Ligatures (inverted screw, same fixing configuration as BG and Rovner soft ligatures):

Soprano S, P & JP BG L50 Tradition
Francois Louis sop ligature with longest adjusting screw*

Alto NYA, CP, LA BGL10 Tradition + Most standard ligs and faxx alto fabric/rubber (American way marketing)

Alto HB Pillinger lig & cap or BG L80 Tradition (Eb clarinet lig)
Francois Louis Ligature S TEN BRASS* (customer suggestion-not tested)

Alto S BGL2 Tradition (Bb clarinet lig)

Tenor NYT, NYTHB BGL40 Tradition + Faxx tenor fabric/rubber (American Way Marketing)

Tenor LL Pillinger lig & cap BGL80 Tradition (longer cap required) or Francois Louis Ultimate tenor size ‘L’ with a small washer between the plate and lig
Tenor LLR (New Model) Any standard Alto lig

Baritone P Pillinger Lig and cap or BGL10 Tradition
Baritone PR (new model) Any standard tenor lig

Baritone L & R BGL27MJ or L40 Tradition (for thicker reeds) Almost any tenor ligature will fit these models.

Baritone HB BG L40 Tradition or almost any standard tenor ligature with a longer cap.

All Bb Clarinet models BGL2 Tradition or almost any standard lig and cap
Bass clarinet BGL90 or L60 Tradition (L60 has a gold lacquer finish)
S, V model and the more recent L model Bass clarinet use standard bass clarinet ligatures.

FF Fortissimo Ligatures

There have been good reports about the FF Fortissimo Ligatures from Spain. These have a single high tensile steel wire that is never in contact with the mouthpiece.The wire is attached to a plate (various types) which holds the reed and a small rubber foot that positions the tightening screw on the other side of the mouthpiece. I have tried them and find tone and response to be very good. However, I do find the placement of the ligature a little awkward, but this would be no problem once the system had become familiar. The advantage of these ligatures is that you only need TWO for all sizes of mouthpiece from the the very smallest sopranino through to a fat bass sax.

AN02 for mouthpieces up to about an alto sax
AN05 for mouthpieces from an alto up to the largest mouthpiece you are likely to come across.
These ligatures come with various adaptors and caps for different mouthpieces.

www.ff­-fortissimo.com
tel. (0034) 948 694 045
Consoli:
A number of distributors supply Pillinger Mouthpieces with Consoli ligatures and caps

NYT tenor = Size E Should also fit NYT HB
NYA alto = Size D Should also fit ‘S’ model Alto, LA and CP