Klarinet Archive - Posting 001066.txt from 1999/05

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Neckstrap on a newer B12
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 12:13:00 -0400

Actually there is a commercially made neckstrap very similar to Cindy's
description. It is made by B & G and is available from the Woodwind &
Brasswind for $30.95 plus shipping and handling. This may or may not be
cost competitive with the total required to buy lyre, eye bolt, and sax
strap but it is available. The strap is adjustible.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

-----Original Message-----
From: CEField@-----.com>
Date: Sunday, May 23, 1999 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Neckstrap on a newer B12

>Aimee, here's a solution I came up with a couple years ago when a friend's
>son was having difficulty supporting the weight of his clarinet on his
right
>thumb.
>
>Install a marching band lyre upside down on the middle joint of the
clarinet.
>That's right...install the lyre with the music holder pointing toward the
>floor. Now remove the music holder. What remains is the lyre bracket itself
>fastened securely around your clarinet. Insert an appropriate size threaded
>eye bolt into the lyre receiver. Now you can attach a saxophone neckstrap
to
>your clarinet.
>
>You should be able to buy the appropriate size eye bolt for about 20-cents
at
>your local hardware store. Just bring the marching lyre with you. You don't
>need to bring the whole clarinet, of course.
>
>Cindy

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org