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RE: Plateau-style clarinets for injured hand?

Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-08-14 16:31

Dave gives you a good perspective re: the venting problem. I bought an OLD Vito plateau at a pawn shop, made it somewhat playable, it does need more venting via the "longer-travel" of the stack, I dont expect miracles! I've known several finger-problem clists, all have had skilled work done by helpful repairers. A woman in our Tulsa Comm. Band had lost the ring-finger tip and hadn't had much luck on an open-holed sop. cl. I introduced her to a plateau alto cl which, with a short extension of the "C/G" pad cover, was quite playable for her. She later had the same done to her alto sax, quite satisfactory, not real ingenious, just a "custom fit". "Necessity is the mother of invention" as we techs used to point out to would-be inventors, myself included. Luck, Don

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