Klarinet Archive - Posting 000595.txt from 1998/05

From: SDSCHWAEG <SDSCHWAEG@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets, and mixups
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 09:50:33 -0400

In a message dated 5/12/98 7:19:25 AM Central Daylight Time,
hickling@-----.Net writes:

<< The soprano clarinet is
rarely played with a neck strap, and normally has no place to attach one. >>

I was getting the classic symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome - numbness and
tingling in my fingers - until I started using a neck strap with my soprano
clarinets. In two years of using the strap, the symptoms have completely
disappeared and a ganglion cyst in my left wrist has spontaneously reduced.
The one I use is called the Claricord or something like that - it's an elastic
strap that fastens with velcro and has a leather tab with a slit that fits
over the thumb rest.
While we're talking about hand problems, does anybody know of any exercises
that could help a kid with double jointed pinkies that keep collapsing or
locking up?
Susan

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