Klarinet Archive - Posting 000153.txt from 1996/10

From: Claudia Zornow <claudia@-----.COM>
Subj: Thumbrests for beginners
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 20:35:07 -0400

Is it possible to install an adjustable thumbrest on a plastic
clarinet, and is it ever desirable?

My-mother-the-beginning-clarinetist is having trouble keeping the
right-hand tone holes covered when she uses the pinky keys (low F,
E), and she feels the thumbrest is in an awkward place for her hand.
She realizes that learning to cover the holes takes practice, but
when I told her that adjustable thumbrests exist and are even standard
on some professional clarinets, she thought that perhaps she doesn't
need to struggle as much as she is. Any thoughts? She is playing
on my spare clarinet, a plastic Bundy.

Thanks,
Claudia