Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 2011/06

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Thoughts on the sax-bothering-my-thumb thing
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:49:09 -0400

> It's my opinion that although the modern Selmers,
Custom Yamahas and Yanagisawas are based on the Mark V1, they are arguably
more in tune, better mechanically and easier for a person with smaller hands
to reach those pinky and palm keys. <

This has not been my experience in trying tenors recently. I have small
hands and have found the palm keys too high on most of the new tenors I
have tried. I am going to check this out more carefully at the NAMM
show next January, although I don't recall the Japanese horns being
available to try.

Gary

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