[hallkat]

Hi all any suggestions for a good Lig...the Selmer I have does not work on the NY just on the STM as the NY is a little bigger...what are you all using

Thanks
Steve

 

[RootyTootoot]

Hi all any suggestions for a good Lig...the Selmer I have does not work on the NY just on the STM as the NY is a little bigger...what are you all using

What's wrong with the STM lig that comes with the m/p? Not a dig. Sincerely curious what you find wrong with it. I always think the lig is one of the best things about STMs even if the finish on the m/p itself is poor.

 

[rispoli]

Hi all any suggestions for a good Lig...the Selmer I have does not work on the NY just on the STM as the NY is a little bigger...what are you all using

Thanks
Steve

I favor Olegature on metal Otto Links.
Also the Francois Louis work well, though some people don't like its instability.

 

[JLeurck]

The Olegature is nice, but getting hard to find in the #4G size you need for a Link STM. Are they actually even making these any longer? I posted this same question about a year ago, and the alternatives I ended up going with were the Oleg and the simple two-screw Selmer 404 - the one made for Selmer metal mouthpieces. My Link lig had an uneven table holding the reed. The manufacturing of the stock lig seems very hit and miss.

 

[chknbon]

I use a F. Louis with alto plate on my NY link, & love it. The 404 stifled sound for me. I have used a Olegature lig on a rubber mpc in the past, but the F. Louis works on more mpcs for me. Before I got the F. Louis, a Rovner worked well.

 

[JLeurck]

I use a F. Louis with alto plate on my NY link, & love it. The 404 stifled sound for me. I have used a Olegature lig on a rubber mpc in the past, but the F. Louis works on more mpcs for me. Before I got the F. Louis, a Rovner worked well.

The 404 can stifle the sound of the reed, but though the forum here I was taught a couple of things to keep that from happening. 1) scoot the ligature back a little further than you might otherwise think necessary, and 2) once in place, tighten the back screw (the one closest to the neck cork) first, and make sure the front screw is only tight enough to keep the reed from skidding around left to right on the table. I used this info and experimented significantly one weekend with placement and tension and am convinced that it isn't heresay. Shifts in placement and tension do make a noticeable difference - I'm certain of it.

Haven't tried the F. Louis, but am thinking about giving one a go for my H/R Ponzol tenor piece. I'm not big on the cloth lig that came with it (or cloth ligs in general), and don't have another lig to sub at the moment.

 

[Gange]

I have a Rovner dark and a Vandoren Optimum, but I prefer the Rovner.

 

[MojoBari]

If you find that ligature placement and tension has a very large effect, then the table of your mouthpiece (and/or reed) is probably not flat.

 

[Canadiain]

I use a Rovner Evo 5 (size E-3ML). I find the stock ligs either hard to tighten to the point I'm confident the reed is secure, or when I do get it tight the corners of the plate that contacts the reed start to bend. Also the plate sort of twists as you tighten , so it might not necessarily end up centered on the reed

The Evo offers some adjustability of tone, and holds everything nice and snug. and for less than $20 from 1stop, its not a bad deal. Fits both alto and tenor, NY or not.

 

[Swampcabbage]

I prefer the Winslow/SAXXAS ligs myself, but, you may end up having to pay more for the lig than you would for the mouthpiece.

 

[Sigmund451]

Electrical wire....then plug it in :shock:

 

[heath]

I use a 404 with my NY link.

I'm not sure about the logic behind a two screw ligature deading or stifiling the sound. Two screw ligatures seem to be used by the vast majority of pros from the 60's when there wasn't a huge ligature market.

 

[hallkat]

Thanks Guys...I just picked up a Link Millineum which has the same chamber as the NY and find that an old Link lig I had in my drawer works very good ..also the 404 I have fits...so I guess I will go back and forth untill one of them sticks as the keeper...by the way these Millineums are really nice pieces...it may become my last one (yeh right) you got to stop somewhere eh

Steve

 

[jayhay]

lig for STM-NY

I too was disapppinted with the stock lig for my NY link 8. It ttok me a while to track it down, but Rovner makes a lig for it called the 3RL-NY. I think it fits some bari pieces as well. It feels nice if you like the Rovner ligs.

 

[Thomas]

Thanks Guys...I just picked up a Link Millineum which has the same chamber as the NY

Steve

Not so-the Millenium is a plain old STM, not a NY, with nickle plating and a blue biteplate