Two of our innovative products were assessed by the Clarinet and Saxophone University Professors at all of Spain´s Higher Conservatories by means of the following questionnaires.

These were the results. The figures show the percentage of Heads that chose each option.
Padded tensing ring questionnaire:
Compared to the ligature you usually use, how do you rate...
Much better
Better
The same
Worse
Much worse
...the two-point padded reed-support method?
27%
47%
26%
0%
0%
...the fact that the part is adaptable to different instruments?
68%
22%
5%
5%
0%
...the acoustic properties it makes available?
32%
48%
15%
5%
0%
...the appearance and presentation of the product?
63%
23%
9%
5%
0%
...the padded tensing ring?
35%
47%
18%
0%
0%

Mouthpiece cap questionnaire:
Compared to the mouthpiece cap you usually use, how do you rate...
Much better
Better
The same
Worse
Much worse
...how well the reed is protected?
9%
24%
55%
12%
0%
...the comfort its size affords?
32%
50%
18%
0%
0%
...the appearance and presentation of the product?
45%
41%
5%
9%
0%
...our innovative mouthpiece cap?
30%
46%
15%
9%
0%

Our sincerest thanks go to the 82 department heads and 25 centres that took part in this survey.

List of the centres that took part, in alphabetic order:

 
- Higher Music Conservatory (Zaragoza)
- Higher Music Conservatory "Eduardo Martínez Torner" (Oviedo)
- Higher Music Conservatory "Jesús Guridi" (Vitoria)
- Higher Music Conservatory "Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga" (Bilbao)
- Higher Music Conservatory "Oscar Esplá" (Alicante)
- Higher Music Conservatory "Pablo Sarasate" (Pamplona)
- Higher Music Conservatory of Badajoz
- Higher Music Conservatory of Castellón
- Higher Music Conservatory of Cordoba
- Higher Music Conservatory of La Coruna
- Higher Music Conservatory of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Higher Music Conservatory of Malaga
- Higher Music Conservatory of Murcia "Manuel Massotti"
- Higher Music Conservatory of Salamanca
- Higher Music Conservatory of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Higher Music Conservatory of Santiago de Compostela
- Higher Music Conservatory of Sevilla "Manuel Castillo"
- Higher Music Conservatory of the Barcelona Liceo
- Higher Music Conservatory of Valencia "Joaquín Rodrigo"
- Higher Music Conservatory of Vigo
- Higher Professional Music and Dance Conservatory of the city of Baleares
- Municipal Higher Music Conservatory of Barcelona
- Municipal Higher Music Conservatory of San Sebastian
- Royal Higher Music Conservatory (Madrid)
- Royal Higher Music Conservatory "Victoria Eugenia" (Granada)