Klarinet Archive - Posting 000233.txt from 2000/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Thumb rest
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 07:30:44 -0400

At 07:06 PM 5/3/2000 -0700, William Wright wrote:
> Perhaps "long fingering" (in my previous post) was the incorrect
>term. I meant the fingering where you move your right hand pinky to the
>right in order to depress the E key (and don't use the left hand pinky
>version of the E key).
>@-----. Is there any reason that I should not
>ask the local music store to put an adjustable thumb rest on my plastic
>student Yamaha?=20
>
No reason that I know of. It is a relatively simple procedure, and if it
allows you to play better, who is to say you shouldn't do it? I don't
think I would invest in a Kooiman, but then, maybe you have more disposable
income than I do!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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