Custom Flic mount
First prototype for a flic mount for my bass clarinet.
I was inspired by a video from jazz saxophonist Magnus Bakken where he mounted one of these to flip pages on his tenor saxophone at the thumb rest. Of course a tenor sax has the benefit of not already having any thumb keys so he can place it quite easily. We however have no such luxury.
Some of you might just say, why dont you just use a pedal like a normal person, and well to some extent I would agree. However I find I often already have my hands full when at practice or going to concerts so another thing to have to carry just seems like a lot more work. Therefore having my page flipper attached to the instrument would be nice.
This is very much V2 of the first iteration custom printed out of TPU, a flexible material. And I tested it over the weekend, to moderate success. My biggest current issue is how "far out" of the way it feels for my thumb when playing, however this is just a problem at very fast passages, which doesn't happen too often. However I have some other mounting ideas that would remedy this problem, but first I need to design them and test them.
Am planning on keeping this updated here if people are interested and I will probably release the files when I am satisfied!