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Re: Buffet Adjustable Thumbrest

Author: Chris P
Date: 2019-01-22 18:01

Buffet have been fitting their fixed thumbrests in the typical location for fixed thumbrests on the majority of clarinets, only when they switched to adjustable ones across the board more recently, they just screwed the baseplate in the existing holes instead of repositioning them to give more adjustment both upwards and downwards instead of only downwards.

Whenever I add an adjustable thumbrest to any instrument, I set the sliding part so there's equal adjustment up and down and then line the lower edge of the thumbrest where the original one would be, mark the position of the screw holes then drill them and screw it in place. Typically that positions the baseplate around 10mm or thereabouts above where the original holes were drilled.

The strangest adjustable thumbrests I've seen were the ones fitted to Selmer 10G clarinets from the '80s where the plate was angled in such a way that it didn't suit everyone whereas the usual and equally curved plate is much better. The older Buffet Prestige-style one wasn't particularly comfortable either unless it had a contoured cork pad fitted to it.

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

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