Single reed woodwind ligature system adjusts to fit most mouthpiece sizes with excellent responsiveness through isolation of ligature from reed and mouthpiece vibrations
OwnerJoel N Harrisoninventor
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Abstract
A single reed ligature system for a woodwind musical instrument that provides a large vertical range of adjustment to enable a single ligature to be used with most sizes of saxophone and clarinet mouthpieces. Excellent responsiveness to the player is achieved through isolation of the ligature from the vibrating reed and mouthpiece.
Claims19
A single reed woodwind ligature system comprising an upper structure that provides a means for contacting the upper portion of a mouthpiece at one or two small areas of contact, a reed contactor that is capable of contacting a reed at its bottom curved surface, a lower structure that attaches said reed contactor by a rotational pivot means, a left side and right side vertical adjustment means that can clamp said upper structure to said lower structure with the capability to vary the distance between said upper and lower structures to enable the clamping of a reed to a mouthpiece.
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