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Extended L hand B key modification

Author: Paula S
Date: 2012-08-14 21:27

Hi All,

I wondered if anyone has ever has such a modification to their clarinet or knows anyone who has?

I have very small hands and find it very difficult to touch the L hand B key without moving my left hand out of optimum position. Obviously this can take my hand off the LH tone holes. I could do with an extension to the long left hand B key by about a quarter of a centimetre. This is not just an issue with my recently acquired 1010s but my F. Arthur Uebels which have much more compact keywork.

I am fine until I have to do lots of very fast passage work or get tired as my LH pinky is at absolute full stretch all of the time.

I have had my thumb rest moved down by about an inch so you can see the extent of my problem.

I think I could also do with having the G sharp/C sharp LH key widening so I can hit it more centrally and keep my LH hand more central.

Apart from buying a Lyons C I can't see any other option ;-)

I was told when I was 13 my hands would grow into the clarinet.......

No such luck!

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