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Broken Clarinet Thumb Rest

Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2005-03-20 22:26

My husband has been playing a Woodwind Bb bass clarinet, supplied to him by our community band. [see post below for correction == it's not the bass]

The thumb rest on this instrument attaches by a tiny little screw to a chevron-shaped plate. The plate is attached to the back of the instrument by two small screws.

The tiny screw which holds the thumbrest to the plate has just sheared off at the head, leaving the shank of the screw tightly embedded inside the plate.

We can't figure out how to get the shank of the screw out of the hole. It is flush with the plate on both sides.

Unless we can get this thing out, we will have to get a new thumbrest.

Any ideas about how to do this?

As an alternative, where might we go (online) to purchase a new thumbrest? I've done a search of this board and Google, and haven't come up with anything.

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

Susan

Post Edited (2005-03-21 01:23)

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