Author: mschmidt
Date: 2008-06-03 21:20
I grew up with a Prestini that had the linkage between the B/Bb-C linkage that eliminated the need for the RH C to be used when playing low B or Bb. (Chris P has posted about this linkage before, but the context of such postings are such that I decided just to start a new thread just about this subject.) It was on that Prestini that I first learned the Poulenc Sonata, which, in the 3rd movement, has a lot of Eb-Bb-C stuff. Now I have my wonderful Marigaux, which is pretty wonderful EXCEPT for the absence of that linkage, and I'm going back to the Poulenc, and I'm wondering, how the heck do these French people play this stuff? I've tried using the "banana key," but I've found it's really hard to keep the 3rd finger hole covered if I'm trying to release the banana key in, say, going from a Bb to a D. I suppose the answer is just "practice, practice, practice," but does anyone have any suggestions?
And is there something undesirable about having this linkage? When I sent my Prestini away for an overhaul, it came back with the linkage adjusting screw totally backed off so that the linkage didn't work at all--as if the technician maybe thought it shouldn't really be there.....
Mike
Still an Amateur, but not really middle-aged anymore
Post Edited (2008-06-03 21:21)
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