Klarinet Archive - Posting 000231.txt from 2004/05

From: "Nicholas Yip" <clarinets21@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] left handed C# F# key
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:41:06 -0400

My pinkie barely touches the end of the C#/F# key. In order to get to the
meat of the key I have to pratically extend my pinkie backwards.

Nicholas Yip
Clarinetist and Music Teacher

>From: "Thiel, Mark" <mark.thiel@-----.com>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: [kl] left handed C# F# key
>Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:34:54 -0500
>
>Nicholas Yip wrote:
> > . . . My pinkie is having to stretch all the way and press the damn
> > thing down all the way to get a sound out. 1) It is so far away and 2)
>
> > It is hard to press all the way down with the pinkie.
>
>Well there have been a number of good answers on this, despite the fact
>that I think we're all having trouble visualizing the problem. But are
>you saying you have to push it too far or too hard ? If the problem is
>excessive travel it might just be a matter of adjustment. It may be that
>the F#/C# pad is opening more than it should and you just need to add
>some cork or felt to the appropriate side of the crow's foot in the r.h.
>pinkie keys. It's easy enough to check this, just slowly ease up on the
>F#/C# key while holding the r.h. F/C key down and note at what point
>pitch or tone quality goes bad.
>
>Mark Thiel
>
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