Vandoren M|O Silver Bass Clarinet Ligature Soprano Clarinets and over time if you

and over time if you polish your keys every day it will eventually harm the silver plating

Uebel's logic is that letting the wood just naturally season (inside and out — hence the pre-drilled bore hole)

Basset Clarinet is what Mozart wrote the Clarinet Concerto (k622) and Quintet for

try the VK1 40

And the Royal Polaris is the one that's the opposite: a darker sound than the above with a chromatic scale that's even better than the Rêve's

Vandoren M|O Silver Bass Clarinet Ligature Soprano Clarinets and over time if youAnother winner from my friends at Vandoren. This ligature is in my regular rotation (I have several mouthpieces and several ligatures, because why not?) and I love how simple and un fussy the thing is. Sound wise it produces a somewhat lighter sound with crisper attacks than the Optimumit's a less substantial piece of metal, which is part of the reason. And like bike helmets, you pay more for less. But I think in this case, it's worth the extra coin.