Rovner Dark 1RL Alto Saxophone

I think the Rovner Dark ligature may appeal more to inexperienced players but less so as you progress with your playing. It does provide support to help give you a fuller, more solid tone, which is helpful when you first start to play. However, as you progress, you start to notice that it muffles the tone of the instrument a little and you eventually get to the point where you don't need support to get a fuller sound and realise that your saxophone sounds better without it.

One screw and softness of the sound are definitely the two pluses of the model. However I am not always sure if it can do its job right: that is, to hold the reed in place. For important gigs i prefer more standard 2-screw ligatures