■ Brand Merhouse (a jewelry workshop in Aichi Prefecture) ■ About the Product This is a K18 gold reed plate for saxophone, handmade by Merhouse around 2004. Production was discontinued due to the rising gold prices at the time, making it a rare item that is no longer available. The maker is also a saxophone player, and the plate was designed with versatility in mind, from a player's perspective. ■ How to Use It can be attached to any brand of ligature with two bottom screws. It's easy to use, just thread it through the front screws, and you can adjust the reed in the same way as with a regular bottom-screw ligature. Because the thickness may slightly distort the ligature, it is recommended to use an inexpensive one. ■ Tone and Playing Feel The "two-point support with two bottom rails" structure, similar to a Bonade bottom-screw ligature, provides a good response to breath, and the sound doesn't collapse from pp to ff. The sound is thick and has a mellow contour. For those who say "it's changed!" or "it's become brighter!" with a typical 0.1-micron K24 gold-plated ligature or neck, I want you to experience the playing feel of the reed vibrating through a plate made of 18-karat gold, which is 10,000 times thicker, at over 1 millimeter. ■ Versatility Compatible with soprano to baritone saxophones in general. Can also be used with NINO, bass saxophones, and clarinets. Mouthpieces can be used regardless of "rubber/metal," including Selmer, Vandoren, Meyer, Otto Link, Yanagisawa, and Rousseau. 【Material】 K18 (stamped). Weight approximately 2-3g. The alloy metal is unknown. There is no certificate, so please make your judgment based on the stamp and photos. Young people may not even know this exists, and there is little information available online, so please consider carefully if you are interested. 【Price】 It was purchased for approximately 10,000 yen at the time. It is now a used part, but we have set a rarity value (5 times the original price), and will update the price from time to time, taking into account the current gold market price (K18 price). 【Notes】 Returns and refunds are not accepted. We are sorry, but we do not accept price negotiations. All information has been provided, so we will not answer any questions. Please make your decision based on whether or not you wish to purchase. 【Finally】 I have fewer opportunities to play soprano and alto saxophones, and I prefer the ligature of the same brand for tenor saxophones, so I am selling this one. Due to the even higher gold prices now than in the past, I unfortunately believe this product will never be manufactured again. If you are satisfied with this inadequate explanation and absolutely need it, I would be happy to sell it to you. I am also selling inexpensive ligatures that can be attached, so please take a look if you like ♪