Klarinet Archive - Posting 000461.txt from 2006/03

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay3020@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] fat fingers
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:27:00 -0500

Bill Edinger posted:

<<<. . . my fingers are too big to play an Eb because of the sliver keys,
which I have removed (left hand) or cut down (right hand) to keep from
bumping them all the time. How am I going to try out horns?>>>

Others have posted the quick fix of wedging them shut with cork shims; this
should work.

I've also sealed a tone hole shut with scotch tape. If you use the
non-permanent tape (like the little 3M tape page flags) it shouldn't gum up
the pads too much. Be sure to put the sticky side facing the hole and not
the pad.

A suggestion - if you're going to try a number of horns, you may want to
include the Yamaha Custom Eb in the line-up. The keywork feels (to me)
"less small" than other eephers, more like a Bb.

Good luck,

kfj

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