Klarinet Archive - Posting 001059.txt from 1998/10

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re:finger slipage
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 07:47:49 -0500

Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 07:39:14 +0200
From: "Benedict Lockwood" <lockwood@-----.com>
Subject: Slippery keys
Has anyone had problems with slippery keys? Occasionally in a faster passage
a finger will slip off the key. This seems to be mostly with the little
fingers on the side keys but also sometimes with others. Any tips on how to
prevent this?
On another topic, I had great fun visiting the Vandoren shop in Paris
recently following a tip from the Klarinet list. A warning to others, it's
only open Monday to Friday. But if you happen to find yourself there on a
Saturday morning, as I did, it is anyway delightful because it is right
behind the Moulin Rouge, and Saturday morning is when the chorus girls do
their shopping. You can tell which ones they are because they seem to be
taller than the average Parisian.
Benedict Lockwood
Arlesheim, Switzerland

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If you play silver keys, be sure to polish them (with a designed for
musical silver plating cloth). The finger oils build up, and can cause some
slippage. Nickel (IMNSHO)is more slippery then Silver . Make sure to remove
the finger oils from those also.

Vandoren factory - quite a unique area ;), not the kind of place to do much
"serious" window shopping.

David Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html

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