Klarinet Archive - Posting 000379.txt from 2001/10

From: "Aimee Cheers" <cheers@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Thumb Rest
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:09:04 -0400

I have a student with the full Maestro thumbrest and one with the Etude.
The full Maestro is great, but expensive and has a lot of little parts. But
the fact that it is surviving this particular young girl is a miracle and
speaks well of the product. (This particular young girl came to me once
with a "broken" plastic clarinet. It was literally broken off in the bottom
joint. Picture: snapped over your leg like a stick.)

Both girls have the problem of weak thumbs that bend in an back while
playing, instead of forming a sort of C shape with their fingers around the
clarinet. They were putting their right hand index finder under the side
eb/bb key. The etude seems to be enough. We did have to have a repair man
put it on, as the holes did not line up with the holes on her Buffet E-11.

I think the Etude is well worth it. If I wasn't so comfortable with my
neckstrap, I would consider it, too, even though I do have a strong thumb.

Aimee

Jay wrote:
> My question is; has anyone tried this thumb rest and does it work. There
is
> a picture of this thumb rest at www.rokatec.com for anyone who is
> interested. The version of thumb rest I am referring to is the "Etude"
not
> the "Maestro".
>
> Jay Webler

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Aimee E. Cheers
http://www.pamusicteachers.org
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