Klarinet Archive - Posting 000027.txt from 2006/06

From: Steve White <bass.clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sax Stand
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:24:09 -0400

Neotech also has a harness style support for saxes. I tried them at the
NAMM show this last January. Pretty nice. No weight on the neck at
all, and the neoprene construction aided in comfort. The neoprene is
not for everybody, but it works for me. (Of course they were out of
Bari harnesses..... :-b ) I know that my associate uses a stand for her
Alto sax, but she plays with it centered rather than to the side.

I would be interested in learning more about this strap of Kurt's as well.

Steve White

kurtheisig@-----.net wrote:
> BEEN THERE---years ago
>
> There is a book written by Bonnie Pruden---PAIN ERASURE---solved my problem.
>
> There are a number of certified MYOTHERAPISTS around the country certified by Bonnie Prudden's clinic in Tucson Arizona. Prudden's clinic keeps a list of certified people around the country and a call to them may find you someone near you.
>
> Bonnie was the Physical Therapist that worked with Janet Travel (sp?)---President Kennedy's doctor.
>
> I had been in a car accident and it looked like my career was over. Two 15 minute sessions of this healed 9 years of pain. Those sessions were done by an amateur after we read the book.
>
> I have tried various of the harness straps and not found them satisfactory. I am only 5' 4" and a bari player. One of my students came out with a FANTASTIC strap. We are currently out, but will have more. We've sold over 800 of these and they are AMAZING.
>
> Call us and we will let you know as soon as they are available.
>
> Kurt
>
> Kurt Heisig-Saxophone Maker
> 1045 Water st
> Santa Cruz, California 95062
> (831) 425-5658
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>> From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
>> Sent: Jun 5, 2006 8:26 PM
>> To: Klarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
>> Subject: [kl] Sax Stand
>>
>> Last February I played a production for a week of Anything Goes - I think it
>> was the 4th Reed book, whichever book has clarinet, tenor and bass clarinet.
>> Midway through the week I began to feel a pinching, burning kind of pain in
>> the back of my right shoulder which over the course of the week began to
>> radiate down my right arm as far as my wrist. After an EMG my doctor
>> diagnosed a pinched nerve in my neck and, to make a longer story shorter, I
>> have just tonight gotten the results of the MRI I ended up having done. Lots
>> of arthritis, a couple of herniated discs, some other problems. Listening to
>> my doctor read the report, it's a wonder I'm not paralyzed from the neck
>> down. But the irony is the pain has resolved itself and I feel fine right
>> now.
>>
>> Now, the question: I have another show to play in July with a tenor sax
>> double. I'm fairly certain the weight of the tenor pulling on the neck strap
>> aggravated some of the stuff that's apparently wrong in my neck and caused
>> the nerve inflammation that was responsible for the pain. Does anyone know
>> of a sax stand that will support a tenor sax in the right position to play
>> it - to eliminate the need for a strap? I'm sure I can pad a strap more to
>> give me a little extra protection, but getting it off my neck entirely might
>> be even better. Bari sax players play from a stand. Is there such a stand
>> for smaller saxes?
>>
>> Karl
>>
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