METHOD FOR REDUCING LOAD PLACED ON RIGHT-HAND THUMB IN PLAYING SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, OBOE, OR THE LIKE, AND PROTECTOR USED FOR THE SAME METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lighten the load on the right-hand thumb when a woodwind instrument such as a soprano saxophone, a clarinet, an oboe, etc., is played with the right-hand thumb put on a fingerplate. SOLUTION: To lighten the load on the right-hand thumb at the time of playing a soprano saxophone, a clarinet, an oboe, etc., the protector 6 formed by connecting a palm protector main body 6' and a thumb protector main body 6b which are molded out of plastic by a connection part 6c made of a flexible metal wire body is made to abut against the reverse side of the right- hand thumb f1 and the lifeline base part corresponding part 2b of the palm 2a of the right hand so that the thumb protector main body 6b and palm protector main body 6a are in contact.