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Re: Loose thumb rest

Author: Campana
Date: 2012-08-15 14:08

I think the consequences of a failure between a car's wheel and a clarinet thumbrest could be considered slightly different.
It has been generally conceded that the screws supplied with a thumbrest are pretty useless at cutting their own thread. So what do you do...
1. Plug the hole and go through the whole paraphernalia again without any guarantee that this time you will be able to cut a decent thread.
2. As above but try to buy an engineers thread tap for an unidentified thread on a couple of existing screws.
3. Make the best of what you've achieved so far and make it work.

Of course, it all depends on the person, his objectives, what will make him satisified. An elderly person with failing eyesight will make a different choice to an OCD person or a professional repairer.
There are many ways to skin a cat. I've just given one option, which I didn't give until I did it myself and found out that it worked SUPERBLY.

Post Edited (2012-08-15 14:10)

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