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Re: Sore Thumbs?

Author: fbjacobo
Date: 2020-05-29 23:17

I handled my problem in a different way. I moved the thumb rest WAY up. My tech (Roger Young, in Annapolis, MD - a GREAT tech) brazed the thumb rest to the tenon ring so my thumb is now at a completely different angle. Works beautifully.

The problem is that clarinet was designed to be played straight out like a trumpet with the mouthpiece upside down. When the mouthpiece got turned around, the instrument dropped. But did makers reposition the thumb rest????? Of course not. Try it yourself: Hold the instrument straight out and see where the thumb naturally goes to. Then, keeping the right hand in it's exact position, as if not on the instrument, lower the clarinet. You'll find that the thumb naturally goes to as much as an inch above the thumb rest. While I was at it, I had Roger move the thumb rest a little bit farther away from the keywork. which was much more comfortable for my sized hand. Since moving my thumb rest, my thumb problem disappeared AND I can play standing up.

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