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Re: Bass clarinet ergonomics

Author: Julian ibiza
Date: 2023-06-07 12:08

However....if a neck strap to this upper point would in fact work well, then one could simply fit a band of adhesive Velcro tape around the top band and use a simple continuous loop neck strap . It would need to be narrower where it goes around the instrument and have its correstonding point of Velcro but it would naturally pass either side of the register linkage and could have a simple Velcro length adjustment too . Just sit down ...drop the strap on your neck over the neck and fastest it . It's not something that needs to withstand any real strain .

I don't know how well it would work, but it's an idea that would be easy and cheap to try. A simple cloth loop held in place with a bit of tape would determine if it indeed does the job .

I suspect that if the neck is really too extended for comfort , then playing around with the pag length and increasing its distance from the body to avoid the bass leaning away , may result in an extending of the arms which sounds a bit like a recipe for increased shoulder , neck and back tension issues .

Julian Griffiths
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