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Guran Concertina neck strap (22) RE: Concertina neck strap 07 Apr 19


Alexander technique, yoga, muscular relaxation programs, frequent breaks and so on may all be included to organize "healthy" work methods.All of that should always be considered/investigated whatever *work* you are up to.
Along with that there better be a continuous struggle in order to improve the tool or instrument whatever which is used and this may be a tricky part since habits and conservatism always counteract such actions.
With concertinas there are always two issues in conflict with each other which - often unconsciously - cause confusion for the players:
a) to work the bellows efficiently and to articulate the tone you want as much stability as possible of the connection between player and instrument
b) to reach all buttons of a wide keyboard you want as much flexibility as possible ( or a flying hand as with the piano which you never get)
These needs of course can never be fully satisfied simultaneously.
The Anglo/Duet kind of handle and the English variant both suffer from the same problem: if set tight for good stability the fingering of buttons suffers, if set looser the meansfor tonal control and rhytmical expression are lost.

I have reformed the handles for all systems in order to improve the options combining stabiliy and flexibility based on very simple
rulesfor ergonomic


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