[Dave Wright]

Does anyone have good tips for making a temp soprano ligature?
Thanks Dave

 

[PigSquealer]

Wrap a long piece of string around it many times. Or a thin leather shoelace

 

[Dave Wright]

Wrap a long piece of string around it many times. Or a thin leather shoelace

Thanks pig, pretty obvious really !

 

[bandmommy]

You probably don't have an Eb soprano clarinet ligature laying around that might fit.
I prefer rubber bands in a pinch.

 

[bariandyf]

Wrap a long piece of string around it many times. Or a thin leather shoelace

This is what they do in Germany on their clarinet mouthpieces. German mouthpieces have grooves for the string to lie in. If the string slips on the soprano mouthpiece you could wax is with some hard beeswax to make it grip.

 

[frasermanx]

Velcro...works.... ymmv

 

[CluelessEPA]

There are old threads her about string ligs. A round shoelace and epoxy works fine. I've done a couple. If you silver solder you can also fashion your own out of sheet brass and use a Rovenor screw and bars (available for $8). That's all I use now.

 

[rzzzzz]

this ain't what you're asking, but i found that my two favorite ligatures fit both hard rubber soprano and metal tenor pieces perfectly. my favorite ligature is a simple Rovner jazz, that came with my Ponzol ML tenor piece, which I use with both my soprano Buescher "pickle" and a Selmer Concept.

 

[Rackety Sax]

I posted a thread a long time ago showing how to make ligs from string/cord/twine and glue. It's easy and fun. You have to press the finished lig on firmly to get it to hold the reed securely. It's certainly serviceable. I learned this a million years ago from a clarinetist in the Coast Guard Band, Ralph Loomis, who used them exclusively for many years: https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?75281-Make-Your-Own-Ligature/

Lots of different types of glue will work. I settled on Aleene's Clear Gel craft glue, it is inexpensive, easy to work with, and works and looks great: https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showt...Own-Ligature&p=2639295&viewfull=1#post2639295

This post has a picture of a few that I made out of various types of cord and twine: https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showt...Own-Ligature&p=2641769&viewfull=1#post2641769