Klarinet Archive - Posting 001061.txt from 1998/10

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.ch>
Subj: Re: [kl] Slippery keys
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 10:22:41 -0500

klarinet@-----.org schrieb:

> 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?
>

What are your little fingers doing on the side keys?! Assuming you mean the keys
for the little fingers: Are your keys nickle silver (German: Neusilber) of
silver plated? Nickle keys tend to be more slippery. Otherwise, I don't know how
to make the keys less slippery. I wipe my finger on my forehead or side of my
nose to make it a bit *more* slippery if necessary. Maybe that would work for
the opposite problem as well???

Or is the finger pressure too great due to slight leaks or maladjustment of the
little-finger-keys?

> 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.
>

Do you mean that one must go to Vandoren on a weekday in order to see the show
at Moulin Rouge? Or was it the other way around ... ?

> Benedict Lockwood
> Arlesheim, Switzerland
>
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Greetings from your "neighbor" in Kandern. (approx. 20 miles from you)
David
David Glenn, notestaff@-----.ch

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