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Re: Removing the top 3 trill keys?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2019-03-29 11:33

Neck straps/slings do bugger all for posture or weight bearing on your right arm if the weight of the instrument is an issue. You're much better off using a support such as the RDG Bhob, but you will need a thumbrest fitted with a ring that lines up with the bore instead of sideways (perpendicular to the bore).

With a sling, you still have to push up with your right arm to get the playing posture you desire, otherwise the instrument will just want to point due south. If you have a curved barrel or metal crook with a considerable bend in it like a curved soprano sax crook, that will help keep the mouthpiece at a decent angle even though the instrument itself is pointing downwards.

Straight instruments aren't really designed to be supported by a sling and will naturally tip forwards/downwards as they'll want to hang upside down given where they hang from the hook. The only thing stopping that happening is your right hand and your top teeth.

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

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