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Thumb ring

Author: toffeeman3
Date: 2017-06-07 23:45

Doeas anyone know of a thumb rest with a ring which will fit a buffet Evete & B12?

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Re: Thumb ring

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2017-06-08 01:01

You could get a local repair man to silver solder a small ring to your existing thumbrest. Should be simple and cheap.
That way the thumbrest can be easily refitted with no problems of drilling new screw holes.

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Re: Thumb ring

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-06-08 02:37

Silver/hard solder being the operative word - soft (tin/lead or antimony) solder won't be strong enough. The nickel plate will discolour with the heat of hard soldering (it has t be heated until it's glowing orange) but it can be polished shiny again. Silver plate will be damaged by the intense heat.

Also most cor anglais thumbrests should go straight onto most clarinets, but some may need the holes redrilled if they don't line up.

Evette/B&H Regent II/early B12 clarinet thumbrest screws are positioned pretty close together, so an aftermarket thumbrest will need new screw holes drilled into the body and the existing ones filled in if need be.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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Re: Thumb ring

Author: toffeeman3
Date: 2017-06-08 15:46

Is there nothing on the market whick will fit without re-work?

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Re: Thumb ring

Author: Jeff Chan
Date: 2017-06-08 18:39

I have fitted Fox oboe thumb rests (with rings) to my R13 clarinets. There was some very minor rework required - the oboe body has a smaller body than the clarinet so the mounting "wings" needed to be flattened out to better fit the clarinet body. I didn't need to redrill any mounting holes on my R13s, but Chris seems to indicate that your clarinets may be different.

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Re: Thumb ring

Author: Hurstfarm
Date: 2017-06-08 21:17

Something like this perhaps?

http://www.dawkes.co.uk/jupiter+clarinet+adjustable+thumb+rest.dm?catno=wkj1077

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Re: Thumb ring

Author: shmuelyosef
Date: 2017-06-17 05:21

These are my standard replacement thumbrest when someone comes to me wanting an adjustable. They can be supplied with either a straphook ring (shown) or with a flat tightening knob.

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http://www.wwbw.com/Buffet-Crampon-Replacement-Clarinet-Adjustable-Thumbrest-585536.wwbw?source=TWWR5J1BB&cntry=us¤cy=usd&gclid=Cj0KEQjwg47KBRDk7LSu4LTD8eEBEiQAO4O6r_M2DujEbl9UxT6-Ql2S5RvqrgSaWXXmP12SNf0MusUaAsaO8P8HAQ

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http://media.musicarts.com/is/image/MMGS7/Buffet-Replacement-Clarinet-Adjustable-Thumbrest-With-Strap-Ring/585536000902000-00-250x250.jpg

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Re: Thumb ring

Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2017-06-18 20:29

It's funny someone mentioned "Fox."

There's another Fox, not of the oboe family, who makes great stuff along these lines.

http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/Accessories.html

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Re: Thumb ring

Author: jbutler ★2017
Date: 2017-06-19 03:51

Jupiter thumb rests are very good for the price. I don't like their overly large thumb rest screws though.

jbutler

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