Klarinet Archive - Posting 000211.txt from 2004/05

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] left handed C# F# key
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:30:26 -0400

Nicholas, you mentioned that you have small hands; but if you look at
the keys, the 'length' or 'distance' of stretch that is required to
reach C#/F# isn't much different than what's required to reach B/E.

The difference is that C#/F# requires a sideways spread, which is more
related to getting the muscles to respond, not to the length of the
finger.

As an experiment, can you use your right hand to place your left little
finger on the C#/F# key (while covering everything else)? If so, does
this cause you any pain? Or is it just that you can't force the finger
to make this move independently?

As for extending the key, if you look at the neighboring keys, you have
to wonder where the extension would be placed without obstructing other
keys?

You also mention that you must press very hard. Have you or a tech
checked the spring tension, accumulated crud that inhibits the key's
free motion, a bad pad that requires unusual pressure to make it seal
properly, etc etc etc?

....fwiw.....

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