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Re: Fingering Question

Author: Chris P
Date: 2019-03-17 01:09

To me, nickel plated keywork is as slippery as ice whereas silver plated keywork has more grip. And I'm not alone in feeling the marked difference between the different plating and it does have an impact on how easy or difficult it is to slide your fingers from key to key if one type of plating has more grip than the other.

It's the same when playing saxes with shiny plastic or lacquered over fingerbutton pearls which are slippery compared to ones with genuine mother of pearl fingerbuttons which offer better grip.

Besides, I have LH Ab/Eb levers on all my clarinets (either original or I added them) so I don't always have to do a D#-C# slide.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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