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Re: Arthritic joints and keywork

Author: Taxijazz
Date: 2004-03-20 15:05

I suffered a gunshot wound to my left hand, and the tendons were severed in my right hand when I crushed a coke bottle on someones face, and my fingers are all screwed up--So I can tell you that you can overcome this problem. Are you stuck with that one clarinet? I've found significant variation in the keys from one brand of clarinet to another--Especially with vintage instruments. And you have to ask yourself one question: After you bend the key will it be comfortable to play that way? Plus you said you had other problems. I have been dissatisfied with bending keys--found it much easier to try another clarinet, and now I have four of them that bother me in different ways so I can rotate and avoid a specific problem finger if it causes me too much distress.

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