Hi, new user here,
I recently purchased a Bari Esprit for my alto sax, as I've been looking for a piece that's less classical-oriented (compared to my E. Rousseau NC5) but not very expensive, as all I need it for right now is my high school jazz band. The piece came with what looks to be the stock ligature, however it's fairly severely bent where it holds the reed and though it's not unplayable, I'd prefer to get a new ligature for it so I don't end up inadvertently messing up my tone or damaging my reeds in some way. The tricky (ish) part here is that I want to go with a metal ligature rather than a fabric one like a Rovner since I'm using the piece for jazz.
Does anyone have any suggestions, hopefully something fairly cheap? I just don't want to go overboard on this. Maybe a Rovner will be alright after all? I really can't say. I'm not particularly versed in mouthpieces and especially not ligatures.
Thank you in advance!
I recently purchased a Bari Esprit for my alto sax, as I've been looking for a piece that's less classical-oriented (compared to my E. Rousseau NC5) but not very expensive, as all I need it for right now is my high school jazz band. The piece came with what looks to be the stock ligature, however it's fairly severely bent where it holds the reed and though it's not unplayable, I'd prefer to get a new ligature for it so I don't end up inadvertently messing up my tone or damaging my reeds in some way. The tricky (ish) part here is that I want to go with a metal ligature rather than a fabric one like a Rovner since I'm using the piece for jazz.
Does anyone have any suggestions, hopefully something fairly cheap? I just don't want to go overboard on this. Maybe a Rovner will be alright after all? I really can't say. I'm not particularly versed in mouthpieces and especially not ligatures.
Thank you in advance!