Klarinet Archive - Posting 000206.txt from 1996/09

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Sherri Hill's advice- Wrist Straps
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 23:36:04 -0400

Neil,
I have both a Claricord, and a BG neckstrap. (I haven't needed to use either,
but "just in case"). I swore by the BG (after trying the Claricord-putting it
on wrong), but when my student showed me how to properly use it, I prefered
the Claricord. The BG straps are inflexible, like a Sax strap. The Claricord
is an elastic band that feels less restrictive. Also you would need 2 BG
straps for 2 clarinets because the base of the BG is attached to the middle
joint of the clarinet- a problem when switching clarinets in a concert. Also
there were 2 types of the BG strap- the base should be adjustable. I had 2 BG-
the 1st was not adjustable (to fit around the ring of the middle joint) , and
the 2nd was. At the time (4 years ago) the only distributor of the 2nd kind of
BG strap was Muncy 800-333-6415 Woodwinds.
David C. Blumberg
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From: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network on behalf of Neil Leupold
Sent: Monday, September 02, 1996 4:12 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET
Subject: Sherri Hill's advice

On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Sherri Hill wrote:

> Try a neck strap. I have been using a BG neck strap for a few years.
> With the neck strap I was able to focus on playing. Every once in a while I
> will take it out and use it. It's nice to know you don't have to play with
> pain.

How does the BG strap work? You seem to have found it very effective,
AND you state that it is not necessary to use it all of the time. This
sounds very hopeful for me. I'm trying to get a sense of which strap
would be the best one to try initially. Nobody has made comments on the
Claricord, but your personal endorsement of the BG strap has me interested.

Neil