Ligatures Pomarico Crystal Tenor Ligature

[Squawky]

Hello, all!

I purchased a Pomarico Crystal (size 3, around a Selmer D) tenor sax mouthpiece from WWBW for classical music and concert band (read it works great with a Super 20, and I agree!), and I have been madly searching for a ligature that properly fits it.

Ligatures I have tried that don't work:

• Francois Louis Ultimate XLAB (Xtra Large Alto, too small)
• Francois Louis Ultimate STB (Small Tenor, too small)
• Francois Louis Ultimate LTB (Large Tenor, too small)
• Francois Louis Ultimate XLTB (Xtra Large Tenor, too large)
• Rovner L6 (Light HR Alto, too small)
• Yamaha YAC-1611 (Comes with Yamaha 4C Tenor piece, too large, it sat too far back on the mouthpiece. Also, this is borrowed for now, so I won't have it for much longer)
• Rico H-Ligature (HR Tenor, too large)

I have come to a potential conclusion that this mouthpiece fits neither a regular alto nor a regular tenor ligature, but rather an in-between size that doesn't exist... Has anybody used a Pomarico Crystal mouthpiece, and if so, what ligature(s) do you use/recommend? I have an audition on the 28th of November that I want to use this piece for. All suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks!

 

[milandro]

I have had several crystal mouthpieces (Pomarico and another brand that probably was made by Pomarico too) for both tenor and alto.

I could use alto ligatures on tenor , the altos were not much smaller than the tenors if I remember well. I cannot remember , exactly, which ligature did fit the Pomarico , but I am sure it was something rather ordinary.

 

[Colin the Bear]

I had a similar problem with a vintage tenor mouthpiece. I ended up taking the bars out of a cloth ligature (Rovner/ BG copy) and shortening it.

This one has a length marked as 90mm.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271068882923?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

If you measure your mp or ligs that are the wrong size you should get an idea which one will adapt best.

Or just use the bars and make a custom ligature

 

[aldevis]

On non standard size mouthpieces I use this:

http://www.borgani.eu/en/search/flexitone

 

[Squawky]

I ended up buying a BG Super Revelation in Alto Clarinet size, which the company said would work. I should get it in 5-8 business days, so we'll see how it works! I may go and get one of those Flexitones too; it looks intriguing.