Klarinet Archive - Posting 001385.txt from 1998/10

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] OUCH!!! (double lip)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:37:33 -0500

Line Ringuette wrote:
>>QUESTION: i think a thumb rest that curves downward would be a good
idea.... on bass (w/peg) you don't really lift it as much as you balance it
anyway. I wonder if a thumb rest of this sort would be enough to balance a
bass, playing double-lip, and without the use of a neck-strap? hmmm.....
anyone
out there with experience on this matter?>>

Every sax I've seen has had a curved thumb rest. Sax thumb rests are also
proportionally much larger than clarinet thumb rests and far more secure and
comfortable IMHO. Maybe a repair technician could replace your clarinet thumb
rest with a tenor sax thumb rest. It's no trouble to put cork on one if
that's what you prefer. I was accustomed to the feel of cork from playing
clarinet, so I've used contact cement to cork a couple of sax thumb rests that
felt slippery to me.

Lelia
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"The lewd trebles squeak nothing but bawdy, and the basses roar blasphemy."
--William Congreve, _The Way of the World_
(not referring to clarinets...)
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