Klarinet Archive - Posting 000195.txt from 1996/10

From: Fernando Silveira <fersilv@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Thumbrests for beginners
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 18:23:04 -0400

Try to buy a BAY thumb rest. It will adapts on all clarinets(plastic
too).

Cheers
Fernando Silveira
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

At 17:35 07/10/96 -0700, you wrote:
>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
>
>