Vandoren Leather Bass Clarinet Ligature Royal and asked if they could

and asked if they could custom make a case for me that would suspend the bass clarinet from the case on all sides

Sound-wise it produces a somewhat lighter sound with crisper attacks than the Optimum—it's a less substantial piece of metal

and require I pull the swab through the instrument a million times before it looks like it's dry

Than the Hercules stands

Vandoren Leather Bass Clarinet Ligature Royal and asked if they couldNote: This is a Bass Clarinet Ligature. This is an interesting ligature. Like a Rovner, it's leather. Like a Vandoren Optimum, it's got three interchangeable platesmetal, rubber and leather. I play it on and off, because one of the more interesting plates is the leather one. (The other plates are interesting, too, but the leather one produces a pretty cool response). It definitely produces a darker sound than the metal ligatures. And of course,