D'Addario H-Ligature & Cap, Alto Sax, Silver-plated

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.