Klarinet Archive - Posting 000172.txt from 2002/02

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Kooiman Thumb rest
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 01:31:15 -0500

on 2/11/2002 10:42 PM, Jesse Rogers wrote:

>David, thanks for the info. I returned to the
>clarinet a couple years ago after a 10 year
>lapse and have just purchased a Kooiman Etude.
>It does seem better in that it doesn't tire my
>had so much but I sometimes have trouble
>balancing the horn. I am experimenting with
>keeping it just on the inside of the 1st (outer)
>joint and just outside the 2nd joint. When you
>say "She helped me to properly position the
>Kooiman so that it rested just behind the 2nd
>joint of my thumb." do you mean you moved it to
>the other side of the 2nd joint (towards the
>wrist)?

Yes.

BTW, balancing the clarinet becomes something of an issue. You have to
learn very efficient finger motion, because anything too wild will make
the clarinet wobble. But the freedom of the RH fingers is just amazing.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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