Author: donald
Date: 2022-03-07 15:00
I understood that by "thing" you meant - "is it an established bass clarinet technique that some players espouse but I've never heard of"
And if that was the case, then my answer is NO it is NOT.
I do, however, try to play with as light fingers as possible - but I'd never say I wanted my keys to feel spongy (the opposite would be my preference).
However,
I'm used to playing Bass clarinets with the Buffet Bb/double register mechanism. In 2019 I had to borrow a colleagues Selmer bass for a few rehearsals while last minute repairs were made to my Buffet. On the Selmer bass I noticed my thumb lifted off by accident a few times, it felt like the exchange mechanism just pushed up on the thumb every now and again. I recall having the same issue with a Selmer bass I had to play in 2017 when subbing out of town (I borrowed a bass so as to avoid having to deal with the old "bass clarinet hand luggage scenario").
On both occasions it was not the end of the world, I just had to play with a stronger "clasp" than I was used to, but worth noting I have never experienced this on a Buffet bass (just a different mechanism, not trying to say buffet is better - in fact I quite like Selmer basses EXCEPT for the register mechanism).
This might be related to what your customer was experiencing....
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