Klarinet Archive - Posting 000005.txt from 2008/12

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] adaptive instruments
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:30:21 -0500

Back in the '60's, W. Wayne Sorenson, my oboe professor and industry studies mentor, told me about a fellow in Idaho? or Utah? that played a one armed saxophone. He had had it re-made to be played with his one good arm. It has been done. You might try googling around to see if there are pics of such a thing anywhere, to give your local tech some ideas.

Which is your good arm?

-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Stover <kasparguy@-----.com>
>Sent: Dec 2, 2008 6:52 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] adaptive instruments
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>In July I suffered a hemorrhagic stroke which left me unable to play any
> of my instruments (clarinet=,saxophone, flute or recorder. I've gotten
> some contacts for possibly trying to find adapted recorders for one-handed
> playing. but haven't been able to find anything on possible one-handed clarinet mechanisms. I'm starting to get desperate to play again, and I'd like to get back to teaching
>sometime. I hoped to continue teaching in some capacity but if I can't play, I fear no one will want to have me teaching for them. any one know of any one-handed mechanisms?
>Thanks Daniel
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