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Re: Bass Clarinet: Do you use a peg or a strap (or both)?

Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2016-01-16 01:46

Hi All,

I thought back to my university physics classes and simple vector analysis and had a moment of clarity. It's really about forces)!

If a player positions his or her bass clarinet in a perfectly vertical position, a peg would serve solely to adjust the instrument's height. However, Walter's comment about the curvature of the neck and the need for a neck-strap before he got the 1193 made me realize something.

I tend to move the peg on my old Selmer bass back a little so as to position the MP at more of an upward angle into my mouth. Ergo, I need a neck strap to offset the slight forward rotation of my bass. Or purchase an after-market neck that is pitched at more of an angle. My fingers would then be free for, as David Spiegelthal says, "operating the keys."

I believe I have broken the code.

HRL

PS I wish Dr. Shirkey, my old professor, was still around so I could tell him "physics really does explain it all."

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