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Re: Clarinet tumb rest?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2023-02-05 04:50

Oboe specific thumbrests will have a much tighter radius to the underside of the baseplate compared to clarinet ones because of the narrower diameter lower joints, so they won't always fit if you can't reshape the baseplate.

Clarinet thumbrests can always have the baseplate tweaked to make it a much tighter radius so it fits tight against the surface of an oboe or cor lower joint - either by gently squeezing the sides in (using a vice with soft jaws) or a combination of squeezing and then filing to achieve a good fit with no gaps at the sides or down the centre.

That's doable with most sheet metal ones, but not always easy on zinc alloy castings or plastic ones which will have to be reshaped by filing to fit the tighter radius as bending them will most likely cause them to crack.

Never expect the screw holes to line up and be prepared to fill in old ones and drilling new ones.

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

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