I was referring to the metal arms that fix the lig to the mouthpiece.
When tightening and loosening the arms on either side I am scared of bending the arms as it may cause greater problems down the line. Hence the reason why I am thinking of replacing it completely
Have moved it forward once but now its back to the original middle position and I really do not feel very confident that it could sustain too many movements without bending the side arms as you really have to screw them up alternately from one side to the other imo using care in case you tighten up too much on one side over the other.
The plate itself at the top fits fine on my Legere synthetic reed but its not that good a fit on some others depending on how much curve the red body has and guess I have just been too lazy to dump it and use an alternative but will have to eventually I am sure
Just a shame a company doesn't seem to be too bothered about something that needs addressing (imho) and reflects poorly as there is a lot of competition out there and would have thought listening to customers was of paramount importance in specialist niche companies such as this
I've removed mine and changed the position many times, I doubt it will bend much if at all. The biggest concern I had was losing the hex screws. I did buy some blue locktite as recommended to keep them secure while playing. They come with a bit on them but I fiddled with my lig quite a bit so they needed more to secure them. I wouldn't worry about the lig bending.
I use it on the ligature hex screws as well, they come with a tiny bit on them. It wore off as I fiddled with mine so I added a tiny bit more to keep them in place. Red loctite is for a permanent lock on the threads, blue is to just keep it from vibrating loose.
I've tried every ligature I own, a box full, on my Theo Wanne GAIA 3 soprano mouthpiece. I was curious and I do that with any new mouthpiece regardless if it comes with or without a ligature. The TW Enlightened ligature is a bit "fiddly" but it works the best for resonance, etc. It's what I use.
I have TW caps for my mouthpieces. I recently again tried several other ligs and went back to the the TW ligs. They just work better for me.
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