Author: Max S-D
Date: 2020-11-14 02:01
Oh, trust me, I know.
I embarked on a whole project to get a linkage added to allow me to use the extension keys without needing to reach for the low Eb every time. Now that I've done that, I can get around pretty handily and don't really ever find myself wishing for pinky keys. It's no great burden to operate them all with the thumb now that I don't always have to also find the RH Eb key.
The only thing I really wish I had now was a LH low Eb.
With that said, I was able to get around everything I encountered getting my bachelor's degree with the original stack of three thumb keys on the school's model 33 or series 9 (whichever it was). What eventually drove me to follow through on my harebrained modification scheme was trying to play Marc Mellits' 'Black', which I will admit was a lot harder with the original keys, though not impossible.
I've played the Kessler and, while it is a VERY good instrument, I wouldn't take it over mine. I can see why one would, though, and you wouldn't be wrong to do that.
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