Yesterday, I was at a gig and plate #1 on my optimum ligature broke. The part that connects the ligature to the plate seperated from the plate. I can still use the other 2 plates or a different ligature though. Maybee I'll try to weld it back together, or can you buy plates seperatly?
Broken optimum ligature, this sucks
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you can buy spare plates.
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yikes...i've got three of these babies now...alto, clarinet, and metal tenor (fitted to a berg SS bari piece), and I haven't heard of anyone who has had one break.Lukeduke said:
I really hope yours was an isolated incident...maybe the case got jostled around something fierce. Sorry to hear about it.
P.s. anyone know where to buy the replacement plates, or just that you can?
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I had a few break also. I determined that, in my case, the ligature was slightly too big for my mouthpiece and I was then tightening it so much that I actually caused it.
I don't know if anyone else has that situation but Vandoren has said that those ligs are for their Optimum mouthpieces, and may not work on another mouthpiece. I know they will fit more than the Optimum pieces but thereare pieces that cause problems such as the one I encountered. I moved on from Optimum.
I don't know if anyone else has that situation but Vandoren has said that those ligs are for their Optimum mouthpieces, and may not work on another mouthpiece. I know they will fit more than the Optimum pieces but thereare pieces that cause problems such as the one I encountered. I moved on from Optimum.
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Recent posts in other threads mentioned that some use the ligature without the plates and that it seems to work fine. Mine hasn't broken (used on a variety of soprano mouthpieces, including Joe's Missing Link) and I have not tried using it without the plates. DAVE
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"This sucks." Come on, if this is the worst thing to happen to you, count yourself very lucky. 
Life is too short...
Just use one of the other plates or use it without any plate. Works just as well either way, assuming it fits your mpc properly.
Life is too short...Just use one of the other plates or use it without any plate. Works just as well either way, assuming it fits your mpc properly.
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I was doing a gig inside a hot venue on a very cold day (single digits). Brought the horn in from the car and put it together. Soon as I tightened the Optimum lig, it cracked open, right at the thinnest point of the metal along the "V" cutout. Stupid ****ing design just to put some branding on it...
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Wow Dan, now that would suck. Could it be that it was so cold the metal got brittle enough to break? If so, I'm not sure it's a design flaw.
In any case, I now carry a spare lig (standard 2-screw the fits the mpc I'm using) in my gig bag. Just put it in there after reading your post! However, thankfully the temp never gets down to single digits out here on the coast where I live.
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