[JimD]

I got this on ebay with a rubber tenor Berg, It's a great lig but I'd never seen one before. I've since seen a couple of similar ones on ebay. Does anybody know who made them and when?

 

[user nameless]

looks like an old selmer

It looks like an old selmer...

 

[bbbouklas]

yes, surely looks like a selmer that I traded in the past fewdays.. mine was silver plated..
doen't it have any inscriptions??

 

[JimD]

No, no markings of any kind. It's just plain lacquered brass. It interested me almost as much as the mouthpiece. I was expecting something flimsy but it's beautifully made and works really well. If they were made or used on Selmers there must be quite a few around abandoned for more streamlined, and easier to grip, modern styles.

 

[bbbouklas]

these were only (at least this is what I have seen) on early ebonite or wooden selmers (mine came with a wooden piece) so I don't think they would fit a streamlined piece . This would happen only if you found a soprano lig and fit it on a tenor streamlined piece

 

[BarrySachs]

Selmer! I've got two of those. 1 for alto and one for tenor. I've got a similar clarinet ligature made by selmer, a "Benny Goodman" model.

 

[whaler]

Yeah, it is a Selmer. I have one that came with my silver plated 177xxx Selmer MarkVI soprano.

 

[JimD]

Thanks guys I guess that nails it. After being pointed in the right direction I compared it to an oldish 2 screw selmer alto lig and the cut-outs and general shape are identical.

 

[TJS]

Are the clarinet ones worth anything? I have one laying around that I never use.

 

[bruce bailey]

Years ago I had a clarinet one similar to this one and the problem was that the screw would bump my chin as the clarinet is tilted more than a saxophone.