Klarinet Archive - Posting 000723.txt from 2001/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] A Thought on the Right Hand
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:44:25 -0400

From: "Neil Leupold" <leupold_1@-----.com>
> Yes, of course. That explains why thousands of players around the world
> have played their entire lives, decades on end, without debilitating
effects
> from using their thumb -- not even severe discomfort -- for many years
before
> neck straps, Kooimans, or any other modern remedial devices were invented.

Of course, the same can be said for many sports and other instruments. 99%
do just fine - and 1% gets the debilitating injury from subjecting the body
to an unusual configuration and use some aid to keep their body from being
hurt. Damn those 1%'ers. Don't they just make your life miserable?

mark C.

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