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Re: EH hand position, thumb rests, pain, etc.

Author: oboi
Date: 2012-01-15 17:40

Thanks for the advice, everyone. Fortunately, the pain has lessened. I guess my 1.5 month hiatus in playing really affected my muscles. Still, it's been a challenge. I am now holding the horn more out. My silly attempts at making a thumbrest have stopped. My teacher has advised me not to clamp down on the horn as much, which has also helped. I am having my thumb rather free now and with the the sharper angle that I hold it now, it is balancing better on the FHRED. The wrist is less twisted in this position.

I had a chance to try my friend's Howarth XL cor for a minute or two without support and it felt pretty good.

If the thumb saddle can work in tandem with the FHRED, that might be a possibility. The WRIST looks very interesting, although I can easily see that toppling one of my stands (excuse to buy a nice new portable stand, though!).

I see Forrests is selling a new EH stand that takes all the weight off of the wrist. Only problem is with a stand like that is that I can't quickly switch between instruments within a single piece of music, as I need to do so now.

Neck straps I am sort of averse to because of neck pain (and again of needing to strap it on within a few seconds!).

I have to get myself to a city with an expert repairman and a supply of these doodads to try. But that won't happen for a few months at the very least.

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