Klarinet Archive - Posting 000100.txt from 1996/08

From: "Fogle, Bill" <bill.fogle@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Chromatic F#/B key problem
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 13:49:33 -0400

Ed Brown asks:

>Does anyone else have a problem of accidently brushing the key between the
>2nd and 3rd finger of the right hand? It's most unforgiving. I've always
had
>a minor problem- but I recently purchased a new Buffet R-13 and it is even
>more sensitive. What is the typical fix for those of us with fat fingers -
>I'm ready to weld it shut if I knew how.--- Any advice would be appreciated.

Yes. I believe that I have two major problems as a non-tutored, non-
professional, pure hobbyist that do not seem to be improving
with time and practice: first, breathing, and second, fingering. I feel I
need
an instructor for those two areas. Interestingly, the Buffet is the
instrument I count on to "cut me slack" in the fingering department. On
Selmer, Boosey& Hawkes, et al. I *really* have problems. There is
much less forgiveness. Miss the tone hole, hit the wrong key----too bad.
Anyone care to comment about their experiences? ---Bill Fogle.