Klarinet Archive - Posting 000605.txt from 2001/06

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] neck straps?
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:05:01 -0400

Very simply, a neckstrap is to help support the weight of the clarinet. The
thumb is really not a good design to support the weight and so some people
have difficulties (pinched nerves, pain, etc) that can be alleviated or
prevented by using a neckstrap. There are even some oboists who use
neckstraps although this is even rarer than clarinettists using them.

Dee Hays
Michigan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jessi" <musicphreak2001@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] neck straps?

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm new to this list and had a question, but thought I
> should introduce myself first. My name is Jessica, I
> am going to be a sophomore in high school, and I have
> been playing the clarinet for five years--I just got a
> new clarinet in February and it plays like a dream :)
>
> Anyway, getting to my question on neck straps...
>
> I was taking a sight reading class over at our local
> junior college a couple of weeks ago and noticed some
> clarinetists using neck straps, which I had never seen
> before.
>
> I was just wondering what the purpose of this was?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jessica

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