Author: smokindok
Date: 2023-07-22 20:09
kilo wrote:
> …there are times when it's a challenge to slide off
> the stack keys smoothly.
Not sure I am understanding the question, perhaps explaining the limited number of responses.
I am only familiar with stack keys referring to the upper and lower stack on a sax, which to my understanding means the inline keys for the left (upper) and right (lower) hands. The other keys being called palm keys, side trill keys, bis key, left hand table, right pinky keys… This terminology certainly can also be applied to a bass clarinet, but in general, there doesn’t seem to be much need to slide off the stack keys.
If other key slides (pinky key slides most commonly) are a problem, the tradition lubricant, particularly among oboe players is sebum, the secretion of the sebaceous glands along side of the nose. The fat molecules in sebum makes the finger tip slide easily, and quite conveniently, an easy-to-access supply is always available.
John
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