Klarinet Archive - Posting 001039.txt from 2000/07

From: klarAnn-ette H Satterfield <klarann@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Adjustable thumbrests -musings & padding
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 22:34:33 -0400

On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 15:37:36 -0400 "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
writes:
> From the list several years ago:
>
> Get 1/4 inch (I.D.) soft latex rubber (not vinyl) surgical tubing from
a
> medical supply house. (I paid $1.00 for a foot of it.) Using
approximately
> 1/2 inch per thumb rest, you have a good number years' supply.
> This is what I did after reversing the thumb rests on my Leblanc Bb &
A
> horns.
Similar and even easier to find--round pencil grip sleeves (this isn't
the official name, i have thrown out the original package), available in
office supply store as well as Wal-Mart and K-Mart (for U.S. folks).
Tube of foam, 1.5 inches long.
can be cut into three thumb rests.
Comes in a variety of interesting colors...

FWIW, i have the standard thumb rest on Bb (with the custom (grin) padded
cover and a Bay adjustable (no longer made?) on the A. By the picture in
various catalogs, the Kooiman is similar. Anyway, the plate is larger and
the height and angle are adjustable.

annhall
Ann Satterfield
clarineter and teachist
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