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Re: FHREDs no more

Author: oboi
Date: 2012-08-15 09:44

You either need a ring on your thumbrest or you need an adapter to fit on an adjustable thumbrest. Some shops sell adapters and it needs to fit your particular rest. The only tricky thing I find with these things is that you need it to rest on a non-slippery flat-ish surface. Some chairs are terrible and so I use a mousepad flipped upside down to provide enough grip for the FHRED, else it will slip. Some orchestra chairs are also notoriously shallow so you might need to sit farther back than you normally would.

I do think it restricts your motion so for oboe I'd only use it when my pain flares up. It is the only way I can play EH since my thumb just can't handle the weight. I find a neckstrap ineffective (to keep an appropriate angle means you put most of the instrument weight on the thumb anyway). Haven't tried the floor peg as that means I can't put the horn on the stand without dismantling. Also haven't tried the hook that attaches to the stand because I just *know* I'd end up yanking the whole music stand onto the floor.