Klarinet Archive - Posting 000586.txt from 2001/06

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Right Thumb and Wrist Problems
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 04:03:22 -0400

It's conducive to carelessness, I suspect. If you can rest the bell on your knee,
it's all too easy to rely on that support too much.
Roger S.

In message <C21103DE471CD3118B4B0000E867D335CDE3DA@-----.org writes:
> I rest my horn on my knees as well, but for me this still doesn't reduce the
> pain in my hand. Maybe I'm doing something wrong!
>
> Lacy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gene Nibbelin [mailto:gnibbelin@-----.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 4:11 PM
> > To: klarinet
> > Subject: [kl] Right Thumb and Wrist Problems
> >
> >
> > Listers -
> >
> > I have noted in reading the numerous "solutions" to these
> > problems, that the
> > easiest solution is generally not mentioned. When I returned
> > to playing,
> > the arthritis of age in my wrist and thumb was causing me
> > some problems, so
> > I just started resting the horn on my knees. In addition to
> > relieving any
> > pain, I found a fringe benefit of keeping my hands
> > (particularly the right)
> > much more relaxed, enabling a considerably faster technique.
> >
> > When I changed to double-lip, the resting of the horn on the
> > knees became
> > just about mandatory. I suppose that you could say that this is a
> > disadvantage of double-lipping - but then that is another topic.
> >
> > Just the experience of an old re-tread.
> >
> > Gene Nibbelin
> >
> >
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