And no, they aren`t made always of plastic. In fact I use the Vandoren A2 Crystal with a leather rovner ligature.

I was meaning the mouthpiece, not ligature.

What about the 5RV-Lyre mouthpieces?? This one clarinet guru came to our school today and he checked out everyones mouthpieces. Mines a "no name" and he says I need to go to a harder reed but with the mouthpiece I have, it would be hard. I was wondering why I have sound problems..maybe thats it... I`m pretty sure that mouthpiece didn`t cost but like 5 or 10 bucks, I don`t think It came with the Yamaha origionally. I bought It used and who knows what the person before did. lol

Mouthpieces come in plastic, crystal, wood and rubber. Maybe even some more materials I don`t know about/haven`t mentioned.

Bradley

I have a 5RV Lyre Mouthpiece and a D. Bonade ligature... Is that good bad or what?

I meant Van Doren on the mouthpiece... yeah

Is it better to use a plastic ligature, metal, or fabric? I`ve seen a lot of ligatures so I dunno. I have a metal D. Bonade on a 5RV Lyre Vandoren (yeah I said that b4, sue me). I`m so lost

Nao

I use a Rovner Mark 3 ligature, and well, it is the GREATEST!!! I mean u can adjust it any way u want from a dark tone to a bright tone, in just alittle adjustment. I use a Vandoren B45 2-tone mouthpiece to soooo that really helps alot. Go to Music123.com and u will find everything u need!!!

Vandoren mouthpieces are made of WOOD. Not plastic like you think. They are made of ebony, not plastic.

My Vandoren Mouthpiece is made out of hard rubber... not ebony

My Vandoren mouthpiece is made out of plastic, not wood. I found that out when my sister knocked my poor defective clarinet over and the mouthpiece got "chipped" but nothing broke off, just a little bit pushed back. It still sounds alright, but I thought I`d just mention that everyone I`ve spoken to hasn`t heard of a wooden mouthpiece. That wouldn`t make since anyway because the saliva would be right on the mouthpiece and eventually destroy the top of the mouthpiece. I don`t know. Maybe there is such a thing as a wooden mouthpiece, but I haven`t heard of one if there is.
Jen*Jen

Hi, this i smy second year playing the bass clarinet. I use a B40 mouthpiece and a BG traditional liagture (the gold plated one) and i use a Alexander Superial "Classique" size 3.5 reed. I think this is the best set-=up ever!!!1 Just the top of the instrument (the mouthpiece+ reed + ligature) cost me a whole S$225!!! But i dun mind the cost as long as i can help me in my clarinet playing... Any advice how i can improve on this setup???? Oh yeah.. I play a Buffet Prestige bass clarinet, it`s my school`s one. Have`tn saved enough to buy my own...

Ps. I`m from Singapore

when i got my r13 greenline, the ligature that came with it was horrible! i went out and bought a vandoren optimum ligature and the interchangable plates are great!

New Vandoren mouthpieces are generally hard rubber, not wood, unless you recieved a custom mouthpiece or vintage. A great ligerature that I use is a Bay. Set up with a Gergory Smith Mouthpiece, a size 5 reed, and a Opus Leblanc Clarinet. I`ve spent tons of money on other mouthpieces and equipment and I swear by Gergory Smith and Leblanc. I have 4 clarinets!!! I currently attend Berklee College Music in Boston and if any of you young players need advise I`d be happy to share everything I`ve tried!!! Good luck, keep up the good work!

hi~

you got two very different mouthpiece which bay is dark and greg is mellow~i had both mouthpiece too~and playing a leblanc symphonie 7~but i have recently bought a new walter grabner mouthpiece.worth to try.~but still using a bay ligature~