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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2005/01

From: Juan Zuccolo <jzuccolo03@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] thumb-rests/ oboe
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:35:10 -0500

A picture is worth a thousand words, can you send us a view of the original
and or final product?
CYA
Juan

At 02:32 PM 1/13/2005, you wrote:
>colleagues:
>
>just wanted to share with you all a discovery i made last night.
>
>in the past, i have fashioned simple thumbrest-extensions out of cork for
>students who needed their right thumb to be lower on the oboe than
>permitted by the set thumbrest. it's better than asking a young player to
>shell out lots of $$ for a proper adjustable screw-in one.
>
>last night i was practicing the oboe d'amore aria in js bach's magnificat,
>which i'm performing in 2 weeks. several years ago i had made myself a
>rather more "deluxe" extension (wrapped in chamois, ahh, such luxury!),
>but over the years and house-moves since i last played my d'amore it had
>disappeared. as i cast my eyes over my reed desk for something to use, i
>noticed a plastic eraser that my kids had left lying
>around. EUREKA! this is the perfect stuff to carve a thumbrest extension
>from - it's a good thickness to start with, and responds easily to an
>xacto knife. it's softer and just slightly squshy, thus easier on the thumb.
>
>i haven't figured out yet how to attach it to the existing thumbrest, but
>since i'm only playing this one aria and subsequent chorus, i may not have to.
>
>who'd'a thunk it??
>
>cheers,
>rhondda
>hong kong

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