Klarinet Archive - Posting 000241.txt from 1996/08

From: "Christopher D. Hutton" <back7219@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Neckstraps
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 17:10:35 -0400

At 12:09 AM 8/7/96 -0400, you wrote:
>With respect to bassclarinet neckstraps. I havent' been playing bass
>clar. long and have made the transition with no instruction. I figured
>sine there were eyes for a strap I'd try one. I've beeeeeen using a sax
>strap in conjunction wiht a peg. However there is the second eye.. would
>getting a true strap with 2 hooks make a difference? WHat do othe rpeople
>use strap, peg ..e tc.
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>Over the years, I've developed my sense of deja vu so acutely that now
>I can remember things that *have* happened before ...
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Using a true bass clarinet strap would be better as it will hold the
instrument at a more correct angle. I would still use peg for stability.
FYI the correct angle of the bass clarinet is seldom seen. The clarinet
should angle back under your chair so that the mouthpiece of the bass
clarinet is nearly the same as that of the soprano clarinet, not straight in
like a saxophone.

Carol Hutton