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    | Author: vboboe Date:   2005-07-19 17:13
 
 ... hi Ken!
 hey, thanks for reminder, had forgotten that nugget ... unfortunately drying skin now needs Olay to make sides of my nose oily enough for time-honored method  ... substituting slicker of vaseline on pinkies for now (cork grease dries up too sticky)
 ... after formerly learning T-plate with that very delicate balancing act for top C (B and open plate, no thumb holding top pipe at all) I'm o-so-very happy to be holding the pipe more firmly for conservatory, and as mentioned in earlier post, had specific problem-solver to deal with, so thumb now rolls over, doesn't hover ... but i confess, do miss the alt  fingerings for C# and D, and oh yes, the forked B-flat too on the top joint (yes well, very open but hey, could always add a resonator key lower down if need it)
 ... Haha! why on earth would any self-respecting, difficult, demanding, fickle, finicky, ornery, cantankerous, crack-prone, exhausted blown-out, perfection obsessed beep beep control freak circa A-440 OB want to be fingered easy like any 'common' clarinet?!?  Well, really!  Hautbois does have a public image to maintain, sniff sniff ... (twinkle) :-)
 
 
 
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|  | Dutchy | 2005-07-14 00:44 |  
|  | vboboe | 2005-07-14 06:56 |  
|  | Dutchy | 2005-07-14 12:28 |  
|  | vboboe | 2005-07-14 19:03 |  
|  | Dutchy | 2005-07-15 01:32 |  
|  | vboboe | 2005-07-15 15:25 |  
|  | Ken Shaw | 2005-07-15 14:18 |  
|  | vboboe | 2005-07-15 14:54 |  
|  | vboboe | 2005-07-17 18:52 |  
|  | Dutchy | 2005-07-17 21:32 |  
|  | vboboe | 2005-07-18 03:50 |  
|  | Dutchy | 2005-07-19 03:11 |  
|  | vboboe | 2005-07-19 05:07 |  
|  | Ken Shaw | 2005-07-19 15:07 |  
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|     | Re: Do you roll your thumb onto the octave key, or do you pick it up? |  | vboboe | 2005-07-19 17:13 |  
|  | wrowand | 2005-07-19 18:29 |  
|  | Ken Shaw | 2005-07-20 15:18 |  
|  | wrowand | 2005-07-20 16:51 |  
|  | vboboe | 2005-07-20 22:59 |  
 
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