I purchased this new and used it for about 4 or 5 short sessions. I think it's due to the shape, but there's more ligature wear than you'd expect for the number of times it's been used. I'll include a copper ligature made by a handmade artisan (purchased new) that fits this. "Wow, so this is a Florida Link!" I thought. "This is great!" It seems like it would be easy to produce a jazz-oriented sound. Currently, I prefer a more "fusion" sound, so I'm selling this to fund a purchase of a gold-plated one. Thank you for your purchase.