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Re: Double-jointed Thumb

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2010-06-10 20:00

Thanks to everyone for your responses. I hate to hihack my own thread in the direction of neck straps, but I may as well ask what any of you recommend who are using them. I have a BG (I think) - the kind with the slotted leather connectors that hook onto the thumbrest and a hook on the strap that goes into a hole in the connector. I've never liked using it, although I never gave it much of a test. Three problems. 1 - I couldn't change instruments quickly enough when composers like Mahler or pit arrangers write as if I had four hands and two mouths (this wouldn't be a problem for a junior high school student, though). 2 - I felt often that my left thumb was somehow bumping into the strap when I released the register key - I don't know why. 3 - the leather connector didn't fit well over the rubber tubing I use to pad my thumbrests and I assume the problem would be worse with any of the commercial thumb pads on the market, which are all bigger than the rubber tubing.

Thanks again,
Karl

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