If it is like my Begali Pearl, the fingerpieces could be removed and
turned upside down, swapping the right and left pieces so that the
countersinking would be on the correct side. Worth a try, anyway.
On 26 Jan 2015 20:31, Gary Smith wrote:
I have the Begali Sculpture which I recently bought. The prices on
their web page are I think, a set price and are not changed as the
Euro fluctuates. The exchange price the day you buy it is what you
pay. I waited till the price hit a low and then bought.
I love the key itself but have a personal issue with it that will
require I go back to my old jewelry making skills; it's the paddle's
shape and how I hold my fingers when I key. The Sculpture paddles are
designed to be used by those who touch the key with a fairly
horizontal finger contact to the table.
I'm a strings player for 50+ years and am used to holding a "guitar"
pick not opposed, but with thumb forward and index curled behind so
as to give equal pressure on the up-stroke & down-stroke while
holding the pick equally with both digits. This affects how I contact
the paddles themselves as my muscle memory is comfortable with that
position and keying with my right hand, I contact the lower part of
the Sculpture paddle perfectly well with my right index but the
center of my thumb presses into the top of the left paddle as the
paddles are beautifully made but asymmetrical with the top section
being shorter than the bottom. After a while my thumb gets sore as
it's the dead center of the thumb print that takes the pressure.
Not a problem with the paddle or design of the paddles, it's just
what I've learned to do doesn't fit this particular paddle. One
possibility would be for me to use two right sided paddles and turn
one upside down for the thumb side but that would not look balanced.
So what I'm thinking of doing is making a set of paddles out of clay
that reflect how my fingers actually contact the paddles and that
will be a perfect contact for both the thumb and index finger. I'll
then make a copy of this out of silver which is easy to cast and not
all that expensive and use those instead. Another option would be to
sculpt them out of wood but I think I'd get greater accuracy by
making a mold of the exact contact and replicate that in metal. Not
sure how to do that molding in plastic with what I have available.
for the vast majority, the way these paddles are shaped is truly
perfect. The key itself is absolute perfection and a joy to use.
Gary
KA1J
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73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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