Klarinet Archive - Posting 001107.txt from 1999/03

From: Chris R Stein <bud1237@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Thumbrest question
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 20:49:32 -0500

On Sat, 20 Mar 1999 12:51:35 -0800 Claudia Zornow
<claudia@-----.com> writes:
>After reading the discussion on adjustable thumbrests the last few
>days,
>I've been thinking of getting one. I see the Bay thumbrest in the
>Woodwind
>catalog and the Buffet thumbrest in the Weiner catalog. Can anyone
>tell me
>how they differ and which, if either, is recommended? (I have an
>R13.)
>
>By the way, my mother, whose adventures with beginning clarinet I've
>mentioned
>here from time to time, is doing well with her Kooiman thumbrest,
>though she
>says she still finds the clarinet awkward and non-ergonomically
>designed. She
>joined a community band last fall and has made great strides in
>learning how
>to keep up with a rhythm that waits for no one; it's a pleasure to
>play duets
>with her now. The other week she told me that she had tried the
>practice
>technique I had recommended of starting with a slow metronome setting
>and
>gradually increasing it. She excitedly reported that it actually
>worked!
>I think I'm beginning to see why teachers find their job so rewarding
>(though
>we live apart and I'm not able to actually teach her).
>
>Claudia
>The Bay thumbrest is a big metal plate looking thing, and will take
getting used to. It is uncomfertabla at first.
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bye bye
Chris Stein

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