Thank you everyone for taking the time to share about the Enlightened Ligature. I agree that it moves around too easily on the mouthpiece body, so am now speeding up production of an updated design.
Originally, I had designed it primarily for sound, finding minimal contact with the mouthpiece body, along with differing thin and thick sections of the brass, sounded best. If you look carefully you can see it isn't just one thickness of brass, but several. This design is very difficult to make, so it is definitely not a gimmick, but a very carefully planned design. Sound wise, it has won awards, and was even touted as the best sounding ligature made by the Japanese magazine 'The Sax' when they did a comparison of all ligature available.
That said, I do agree its Achilles Heel is that it moves on the mouthpiece too easily. We are finishing up the design of a much wider band version, that contacts more of the mouthpiece body, now.
For our 2020 thin body hard rubber soprano & alto models, we do currently sell a standard band style ligature, which looks more like a traditional style ligature. This is the ligature supplied with our ELEMENTS line of mouthpieces, however, it fits our 2020 Pro Model line too. I am working on an updated version of this ligature, along with a tenor/baritone version now tool.
Regarding caps, we have been working hard all last year designing a new cap that works on the bandstand with the reed on. This will also be available later this year as well.
In short, I hear you, and am taking action to rectify the issues mentioned here. Your feedback is greatly appreciated, as we are always trying to improve our products.
- Theo Wanne