Vandoren Optimum Silver Bass Clarinet Ligature Soprano Clarinet

Vandoren Optimum Silver Bass Clarinet Ligature Soprano ClarinetThe Vandoren Optimum. I personally play the black version of this ligature (and played the Silver version before it) because it's just a great piece of gear. It's not fussy like many other ligatures, lets the reed vibrate (and you have three reed plates to choose from which sliiiiightly change the response of the ligature), and it's a great value. Seriously, there is no need for expensive ligatures like these. But you don't want a piece of crap either.

Intonation is solid across the board — the cleanest scale I've tested at this price point

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Look at the dashboard below

This K&M Eb Clarinet stand is cute (yes

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I understand that

and how do I take care of it

Its response

The VK1 was Vandoren's synthetic for the classical crowd

It's always recommended to try out comparable instruments

500) and the Uebel Zenit Basset Extension (~$4

but I notice it more in the response than the sound