Klarinet Archive - Posting 000596.txt from 1998/05

From: "line ringuette" <lringuet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets, and mixups
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 11:01:23 -0400

Hi there!

I don't know of any exercises for fingers that collapse all the time, but I
did once come across an oboe player who had the same problem. One day in
orchestra I saw her putting what looked like silver rings on her fingers
before playing. I said they looked very nice, but she said they were
designed to keep her fingers from collapsing! They consisted of 2 silver
rings, that were held together by a silver connection. The connection worn
underneath the weak finger joint is what kept the fingers from collapsing.
I don't know where she got these, or even if she had them made specifically
for her, but at least there are some things available out there.

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> From: SDSCHWAEG <SDSCHWAEG@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] C Clarinets, and mixups
> Date: May 12, 1998 9:50 AM
>
> 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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