Klarinet Archive - Posting 000412.txt from 1995/04

From: niethamer@-----.BITNET
Subj: Re: tendonitis
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 08:57:40 -0400

On Wed, 19 Apr 1995, Lynn Marie Kowach wrote:

> I also prop my clarinet on my knees at the same
> time, and that helps too.

This works *only* if your torso is precisely the right height. I did this
for years to relieve the pressure on my right hand from supporting the
clarinet, and my physical therapist made me stop, as it caused *me* to
round over my back, thus overstretching the problem muscles even more.

Then there's the issue of blocking the E-B and F-C twelfths with one's knees.

David Niethamer