Klarinet Archive - Posting 000230.txt from 2010/08

From: fred jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.us>
Subj: Re: [kl] Spit leakage on mouthpiece
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:07:39 -0400

I'd like to address the tendonitis issue:
Tendonitis happens so often because the thumb rest is in the WRONG
position to start with! Hidebound tradition has put it there and kept
it there. Ask anyone familiar with ergonomics, and they'll tell you
where the thumb rest SHOULD be.
The Solution: Have a repairman MOVE the thumb rest both up and over
to the left (away from the holes) so that it matches more closely the
natural curve of the hand. I had it done at the first sign of
tendonitis, and it has made a world of difference. Simply using an
adjustable thumb rest isn't ergonomically correct enough for many
people.

Fred Jacobowitz

CASE CLOSED Musical Instrument Case Repair Service
Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo

You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
~Doug Floyd

On Aug 18, 2010, at 6:38 PM, hns692@-----.com wrote:

In the case of tendinitis, your instruments are too big for your hands.
The next time you're going to change horns, find something that has a
smaller reach. LeBlanc for clarinets fits better with small hands.
Find a good
instrument technician who knows the problems of tendinitis and try
working
with them to reposition the keys (although I think key bending is
seriously
dangerous to the horn if done by someone who does not have a lot of
experience at repositioning keys for people with small hands).

Good luck!

Lee Ann Hansen
Principal Eb Clarinet
First John Philip Sousa
Memorial Band
hns692@-----.com

In a message dated 8/18/2010 4:28:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
gsurosey@-----.com writes:
> 2. Since I understand from your introduction that you are a
> multi-instrumentalist you must reckon
>
> that muliti-instrumentalism does not always go well with playing very
stiff
> reeds. One tends to
>
> have one major instrument.

Bb/A is my primary; I don't play the other stuff nearly as much. I
always
thought that using harder reeds would help me not go through them as
fast.
I use
Vandoren 56s, so it's not like I'm using student-quality reeds.

> 3.It also depends on how much you practise.

That's limited by hand/wrist problems. I wear a glove on my right
hand and
wear
a neckstrap. When I play bass clarinet or (especially) alto sax, I
have to
take
breaks more because the extra weight of them kills me. The tendinitis
isn't
as
bad as it used to be; there were times when I could trace pain all
the way
up to
my elbow! I played longer hours back then.

> 4.Another point is that clarinet embouchure is very different from
> sax
> embouchure. Just consider
>
> the angle of a sax mouthpiece compared to that of the clarinet.
> I have played the bass clarinet professionally for many years and
> have
> experienced that bass clar
>
> embouchure is closer to clarinet embouchure than sax embouchure.

I have a tough time relaxing to play bass; I have a real tight
embouchere
usually.

> 5 German mouthpieces are not as big as french mouthpieces.

Suggestions? (Bb/A are Buffet R13s with a Moennig barrel).

Thank you

Rachel

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