Klarinet Archive - Posting 000746.txt from 1998/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: NeckStraps
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 05:25:41 -0500

At 09:41 PM 3/11/98 -0600, Roger Garrett wrote:
>
>On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>> Are you saying that you were playing alto clarinet 4 hours a day WITHOUT a
>> neck strap? What sadistic director/instructor sentenced you to do that?
>> The instrument is DESIGNED to be played with a strap. You are flirting
>> with serious thumb or wrist damage!
>
>Some are designed to be played with a strap.....but others are not. The
>Buffet and Leblanc Bassets Horns are very similar to the Altos in design,
>and some altos include long pegs. I never use the basset with a
>peg.....and on the few occassions I have had to play alto, twice I have
>not had to use a peg.
>
>But....hey....who really cares anyway huh? The bottom line is, if it
>feels good....do it!
>
Maybe the fact that it feels so BAD doing it without a strap or peg is the
reason the alto clarinet is so rearely used. Or maybe it's just the sound. :-)

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