Klarinet Archive - Posting 000393.txt from 2005/06

From: "Keith" <100012.1302@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] RE: klarinet Digest 21 Jun 2005 21:01:02 -0000 Issue 6065
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:48:02 -0400

Joe

I do use Steve's chest brace, which works quite well for the positioning,
but on me it tends to rest just where you take a diaphragm breath - it's a
bit disconcerting to have the clarinet move when you breathe!

Anyone know the details of Michael Collins' gizmo? Sounds interesting.

The floor peg is not quite obvious either, unless as in the bass clarinet
and basset horn the barrel is angled to make the body vertical. The MUTS
device made for the oboe (using the edge of the chair) looks a good bet - I
may try that.

I think you are right about the Stadler-era instruments, and a box would
work.

Keith

> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:24:17 +0100
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
> Subject: Basset clarinet supports
> Message-ID: <42B82311.3030805@-----.net>
>
> Keith wrote:
>
> > I love to play mine, in fact it is coming out for another
> K581 at the
> > end of the week. But I have to play it differently: at a
> much lower,
> > near-vertical angle (this may be less of a problem for some US
> > players, who tend to hold the clarinet this way), with a neckstrap,
> > and with Steve Fox's chest brace (which adds more to the
> weight). It
> > is quite a bit harder work, and harder on the thumb. All of
> which one
> > could get used to. It's a bit far off the ground to use a peg
> > conveniently, but I am looking into the supports that go on chairs.
>
> I don't know, I think quite a few players just sit down and
> use a spike, so it's not out of the question. Thea King
> apparently did this even for concerto work; Tony Pay does the
> same but without a spike, just resting the bell of the
> clarinet between slightly crossed legs! Of course, he's
> using a period reproduction; I don't know if that would work
> on a heavier grenadilla instrument... When I visited Steve
> Fox I tried out his chest support and didn't really like the
> feel of it but I guess that's something one could get used to.
>
> I heard that Michael Collins has a fantastic gizmo to support
> his that sounded like something out of science-fiction (and
> probably looks it
> too) but I can't remember the details... :-P
>
> As for Stadler, my guess is that with the design of his
> instrument he could rest it on a box or similar when
> standing, and probably just rest it on the floor or a cushion
> if sitting down. I guess someone who has seen Eric Hoeprich
> play might be able to tell us how he dealt with the
> instrument (Steve Fox has played on such a reproduction too,
> of his own making, so you could ask him:-)
>
> Out of curiosity, don't many period instruments, basset or
> otherwise, lack thumbrests? So how does one go about
> effectively supporting them?
>
> -- Joe
>
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