Klarinet Archive - Posting 000414.txt from 2010/09

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Seat Cushion?
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:20:00 -0400

I get pains in my hind end. If I slouch on the chair, sitting on my
lower back (w/my bum forward), rather than squarely back against the
chair back, I get what I imagine is the end of my coccyx smashing
against the soft tissue. I am sure that you are not slouching in your
chair, but I think the way one sits does affect whether nerves get
pinched.

Sitting on a hard chair for long periods of time will also make the
soft tissues of my bum and upper thighs feel like they've gone though
a meat grinder and are ready to be put on the griddle for hamburgers.

I have other instances, which I haven't mentally worked out what seems
to be happening yet...

-Jennifer

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Keith Bowen <keith.bowen@-----.com> wrote:
> Great idea, Don!
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DGross1226@-----.com]
> Sent: 14 September 2010 18:20
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> Subject: Re: [kl] Seat Cushion?
>
> In a message dated 9/14/2010 9:00:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Gary Van
> Cott <gary@-----.com> writes:
>
> I > would like to find a seat cushion to use on some of the chairs I need
>> to sit on, including the plastic chairs they have in our orchestra
> rehearsal
>> room.
>>
>
> Gary,
>
> When playing either my Buffet low C bass (low C on the body) or my vintage
> Bundy contra alto clarinet, I'm at the mercy of the chair height. Like
> porridge, sometimes one chair is too low and two chairs stacked is too hi=
gh.
> To
> get it just right, I learned a trick from a diminutive harpist friend. She
> bought two black chair cushions from Bed Bath & Beyond (about $10 each),
> sewed
> them together on the back seam, and now plays either "one-cushion" or
> "two-cushion" gigs. =A0While they're not waterproof (bad news for some ou=
tdoor
>
> events), I use the same trick, especially when sitting on hard plastic
> chairs,
> just to be nice to my backside.
>
> Whatever works...
>
> Don
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