Rovner Ligature & Plastic Cap for Bb Clarinet - Versa Ligature for Hard Rubber Mouthpiece (V-1R)

This is a great Ligature! I have switched from my regular Rovner to the Rovner Versa. It makes the altissimo more stable and has a nice sound. And it's inexpensive for a ligature of this quality. Because different metal plates can be substituted, it is very versatile.

One of the best ligatures there are on the market I can really tell the difference it makes when switching from a basic metal one to a leather one like this. The mouthpiece cap protects your mouthpiece well and everything is overall great.

I'm a high school senior, and I've been playing clarinet for 7 years. I don't know why I didn't get this sooner. As I became more advanced, my tone began to suffer, and it took me this long to realize that it was the cheap-o ligature I had used since 6th grade band. This, paired with 2.5 Vandoren reeds, works very well for me. It produces a nice, full, dark sound while still sounding clean and not fuzzy. Helps a lot with getting the high notes to sound with good tone. This being said, you cannot slap the thing on your mouthpiece straight out of the box. Before you do so, you need to follow the directions in the box. For me, all I had to do was oil the metal parts with cork grease and it was ready to use. I play for about 3 hours each day, so I oiled the metal parts at the beginning of each practice session for about a week. If you don't do this, you'll get a fuzzy, dull sound. Sometimes it's neccessary to oil in the middle of practicing if you have a dull sound. After a while, the ligature will conform to your mouthpiece and reed and this won't be necessary.

I’m a beginner, this is only in comparison to the stock metal, two screw ligature standard on a Selmer Prelude. I’m down to less than 3% squeeks and I think this ligature has helped. Its design appears to put more even pressure on the reed and it’s quicker to apply. There’s only one screw to turn and, for some reason, you don’t have to fiddle with keeping the reed aligned as much. A subtle feature I really like is that Rovner has put their branding on the INSIDE . I like that in products, hard to find these days when even Chinese socks are branded.

Recently my daughters mouthpiece got busted when someone kicked over her clarinet and stepped in the mouthpiece. When the new mouthpiece arrived the metal ligature didn’t produce a great sound so I went from the recommendation of the band teacher on this one. It’s easy to use. My biggest complaint is the cover isn’t sturdy. It’s more on the flimsy side and I don’t feel it will hold up to much. Other than that, this works great for its purpose.

my son's metal ligature broke on his clarinet and his band teacher recommended this one. Not only is it easy to use and durable, but it greatly improved the tone of the instrument. Even though my son's playing ability was far more advanced than many of his peers, his teacher told him he could not be first chair because many of his notes sounded flat. when his original metal ligature broke, I attached the reed with a zip strip (I know, kind of ghetto) and to our surprise, he was able to play in tune consistently. After installing the new Rover 1R ligature the instrument played in tune and sounded warmer. Definitely happy with this product. I was going to subtract a star because it does seem a bit pricey but I believe it's worth the price and it's certainly less expensive than some of the "professional" level products.

Love these ligatures. Very versatile.

Works great!

Very nice!

Use this very regularly so it’s fine

Good ligature for my set up of , Vandoren B45 mouthpiece.

facile à monter belle projection du son je la recommanderai volontiers très bon achat très satisfait globalement une superbe ligature sur le plan design

Buona legatura; mi è piaciuta. funziona bene e dà al mio clarinetto un tono piacevole e aperto in tutta l'estensione Segnala