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Re: Why adjustable thumb rest?!

Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-11-24 19:10

With Buffet it's simply a case of reprogramming their CNC machine to drill the thumbrest screw holes in a better location further up the lower joint rather than sticking with the exact same hole locations they've used for decades with fixed thumbrests.

Even the Prestiges from the '80s had the tall pillar-style adjustable thumbrest screwed in the same position as the fixed thumbrest and only offered downward adjustment - you'd have thought in that time it would have dawned on them that it's not the best location for it unless people just put up and shut up instead of even daring to complain. Too scared if slaying the sacred cow I'd suspect.

The whole point of an adjustable thumbrest is being fully adjustable - that's adjustable both upwards as well as downwards instead of just downwards. Maybe they ought to rename it as downwardly adjustable but will have to be relocated at your expense if you want any upward adjustment.

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

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