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Re: Koolman thumb rest

Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2024-06-26 20:57

FWIW, Years ago I tried the Etude thumb rest, (the much less expensive plastic one), for a while. Wonderful for thumb pain but I gave it up as I found I couldn't control the instrument, i.e., it would roll around, both left to right and axially when using the left hand pinky keys, trilling between right and left pinky keys or using the right hand trill keys. I wonder now whether I could have controlled that motion by applying moleskin or something similar to the underside of the 'hook', (the surface that touches the thumb), to increase the friction a bit. The plastic was kind of slippery.

I've never tried the much more expensive metal thumb rest (which has some sort of foam or cushion on its 'hook').

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