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The gold-plated H-Ligature & Cap for Soprano Sax was conceived as a "retro" version of the famous Harrison ligature, used by many of the worlds greatest clarinetists and saxophonists. Rico's H-ligature offers all of the sought-after features of the popular Harrison design, and each comes with Rico's unique mouthpiece cap, made of soft, overmolded plastic. H-Ligatures feature a four-point system, which applies equal pressure to the reed. The H-ligature holds the reed firmly to the table of the mouthpiece, assuring better contact, and therefore reducing leaks along the side rails. Additional support has been added to the ligature brackets to increase durability. H-ligatures feature a two-screw, inverted design. Each H-ligature includes Rico's unique mouthpiece cap. Since the acquisition of Rico by D'Addario & Co., Rico has strengthened its position as the global leader in woodwind reeds and accessories. Rico's state-of-the-art reed research center in Southern California employs a collaboration of agronomists, scientists, and musicians to produce top-quality reeds, including Rico Reserve premium reeds for clarinet and saxophone. Rico reeds are designed to benefit all levels of musicians, from the beginner to the seasoned professional. Many of the world's finest woodwind players perform with Rico reeds, such as Mark Nuccio, Jerry Bergonzi, Chris Potter, Benny Golson, Ernie Watts, Bob Sheppard, Henri Bok, Richie Hawley, Eric Alexander, and many more.
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The gold-plated H-Ligature & Cap for Soprano Sax was conceived as a "retro" version of the famous Harrison ligature, used by many of the worlds greatest clarinetists and saxophonists. Rico's H-ligature offers all of the sought-after features of the popular Harrison design, and each comes with Rico's unique mouthpiece cap, made of soft, overmolded plastic.
H-Ligatures feature a four-point system, which applies equal pressure to the reed. The H-ligature holds the reed firmly to the table of the mouthpiece, assuring better contact, and therefore reducing leaks along the side rails. Additional support has been added to the ligature brackets to increase durability. H-ligatures feature a two-screw, inverted design. Each H-ligature includes Rico's unique mouthpiece cap.
Since the acquisition of Rico by D'Addario & Co., Rico has strengthened its position as the global leader in woodwind reeds and accessories. Rico's state-of-the-art reed research center in Southern California employs a collaboration of agronomists, scientists, and musicians to produce top-quality reeds, including Rico Reserve premium reeds for clarinet and saxophone. Rico reeds are designed to benefit all levels of musicians, from the beginner to the seasoned professional. Many of the world's finest woodwind players perform with Rico reeds, such as Mark Nuccio, Jerry Bergonzi, Chris Potter, Benny Golson, Ernie Watts, Bob Sheppard, Henri Bok, Richie Hawley, Eric Alexander, and many more.
Hector Torres
Reviewed in Mexico on May 9, 2024
La ligadura está muy bien, sin embargo la caja llegó aplastada y la abrazadera tambien venia adentro aplastada, realmente busqué la forma de dejarla bien enderezandola para ahorrarme el proceso de devolución pero si venia muy aplastada.
Richard Rayer
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
I am a retired band director and perform regularly in all kinds of musical groups from concert bands to jazz bands. I have taught clarinet throughout my entire career. Here is my impression of the D'Addario H-Ligature.I haven't had the clarity of sound and the response from the reeds in quite a few years. This ligature gives the reed the freedom and opportunity to clearly produce quality sound on all the pitches from low E to super C. Compared to the original H designed clarinet ligature, it is pretty nice. It is a bit bulkier with the "H" shape design that rests on the reed. My memory of the original H designed ligature was that it was a bit finer it its detail. But, it has been quite a few years since I used one of those. If you are looking for a good response of your reed across the entire spectrum of the clarinet pitch range, this ligature is a good choice.
Earl Slick2
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024
The design makes the upper right side of the "x" under the reed BEND OUT if tightened too tight. I own an original Harrison lig. and eventually had to stop using it because of the "strap" parts stretching due to the high GOLD content in it. They play great, but the tenor one that I recently purchased from D'Addario, BENT because I used a Leggiere plastic reed which was too "slippy" to hold in place well. I am back to a $10 ligature like my Jr. High one, and it is fine. I DO like them, though. Just FYI. Try one youself, and see if it works for you, don't take my word for it.
Jesse Garcia
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2024
I like this literature a lot for other mouthpieces. It’s advertised to fit a certain mouthpiece and simply put does not. On a different jazz mouthpiece I use it and it works wonderfully. However, I bought it for a metal Otto Link tenor mouthpiece. My mouthpiece has the ridge on top and it does not fit very well. I was worried about having to bend in shape of the literature for something I was trying out first. If your mouthpiece does not have a ridge on top then I would suggest looking at a different ligature. Bg France universal jazz fit perfectly with no issues with the ridge. If you’re wanting to use this ligature for any other mouthpiece, I would say go ahead for the money. It’s wonderful. I do like this literature on many many other mouthpieces.
Robert Moore
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023
I have the alto and tenor versions of this ligature. They are excellent. This is too big for the Rico Metalite, Yamaha, and Jody Jazz baritone saxophone mouthpieces.
Jay
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2023
It comes with the ligature and cap for the mouthpiece. The ligature is very shiny. It's an H ligature so the screws actually face away from you instead of towards you.It has definitely (and surprisingly) improved my sound compared to my last ligature. If you need a new ligature and thinking about this one you should get it. It looks very nice and fits well onto my clarinet mouthpiece.
Javier
Reviewed in Spain on March 15, 2021
En dos semanas se ha ennegrecido.
Tarcila
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020
My expensive metal ligature recently broke. I realized I didn’t have an adequate backup so I bought this one as it is cheap and metal. I have to say I was not expecting to love this ligature. But it’s working great, maybe even better than the more expensive one I had. The gold plating is also a lot nicer than I was expecting. The ligature and cap fits perfectly on my Behn mouthpiece and the response is great. If you are looking to upgrade your ligature and want something different than the rovners which can really muffle the sound, I highly recommend trying this H ligature.
manuel richart perez
Reviewed in Spain on November 17, 2019
El producto es muy bueno ,pero lo devuelvo por error del envio ,el pedido lo hice para saxo tenor y me enviaron uno de saxo soprano que es más pequeño y no servía
Scott Sterling
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2016
I'm currently using this ligature on a Beechler Bellite 8 alto sax mouthpiece. While not tight-fitting, it does fit and hold the reed in place. I believe this is the setup used by Eric Marienthal! This is the standard-issue ligature for the Jody Jazz Jet mouthpiece, and a majority of my usage has been on that piece. It's free-blowing and it makes minimal contact with the reed which allows for a good amount of vibration and excellent response. For the most part, I believe most ligatures are the same regardless of what the manufacturer touts, but I most certainly can tell a difference between this and the Rovner I typically use on my Beechler. This ligature is brighter and the response is much greater. It's a great ligature for the price and I do highly recommend!
marco
Reviewed in France on June 27, 2015
Tres bonne ligature qui offre beaucoup de liberté et de possibilités; comparé à ce qui se fait actuellement c'est un excellent rapport qualité prix.
ごぼう天
Reviewed in Japan on August 23, 2014
クラシックではbgが人気ですが、僕は断然こっちが好きです。他のリガチャより、リードを抑え過ぎないように作られていて、良い意味で開放的な音になります。開放的というのは、決して音色が広がってしまうという意味ではなく、響きが増して開放的な音(広がりを持った音)になる、といった感じです。また特徴として、タンギングのキレがよくなります。これもリードの抑え方によるものだと感じます。bgと比較すると、bgは確かにクラシックに適したまとまった音色を作りだしてくれますが、こちらのハリソン型リガチャに比べると、響きの量は少なく、線の細い(？)印象を僕は受けました。bgの人気ぶりに感化かれ僕も半年くらい試してみましたが、結局こちらに戻ってきました。僕は今セルマーのs90を使っていますが、恐らく、バンドレンのマウスピース(a28とか？)だとbgの方が相性いいのかなと思いました。もともとセルマーはまとまった音が出るマウスピースなので、開放感を加えることの出来るこちらのリガチャが相性良く、またバンドレンのマウスピースはもともと開放感はあるので音をまとめるためにbgのリガチャが相性が良い、といった感じでしょうか、、？
Brian
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2013
Pretty good ligature. In my experience, my favorite types of ligatures are ones have gold plating such as this and make only a couple of points of contact on the reed. This fits the bill and performs how I expected it too. The sound is bigger with more core, less diffused, and articulation seems a bit easier with it.I can't count how many saxophone and clarinet mouthpiece caps I've gone through over the years. Plastic ones break from trying to take off the mouthpiece when the reed and cap are on, metal ones dent my instruments or are incredibly loud when dropped in the orchestra pit in the middle of a show (yup). So when I finally found this cap, I bought them for all my saxophones and clarinets. The plastic has a very high rubber content in it, so it is extremely durable and hard to bend even if you tried. The snug fit makes it very comfortable to grab and move around with the reed and ligature on. Highly recommended.
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