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Author: cujo
Date: 2005-06-20 08:04
Does anyone know were to find a thumbrest that goes pretty high without drilling new holes.
All the ones I have seen on the net look like they are adjustable from the bottom, so you have to drill holes higher.
They look like they can be reversed but I would need alot of cork or something to make it useable due to the comfort angles backwards.
I would just drill holes to move the original one instead of buying a new one, but the whole point is not to drill holes.
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Author: Tim P
Date: 2005-06-20 11:12
I avoided the HOLES by using hot glue. This also allows you to play around and move it several time. I found it helpful to clean the wood real well to remove excess oil.
My intend was to then get some one to drill the holes but have not got around to it. the glue is working fine.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-06-20 13:16
Hi cujo - These question have been asked and answered before by many of us. I'm a dedicated "TR inverter" so as to not drill new holes, and use either the $ 1.00 + tax sponge rubber cushions or make my own from cheap pencil grips available from "stationery" stores or WMT. My "new" Selmer [USA] Omega came with their "adj" which I didnt like and could not move higher easily, so I found a suitable one on an old cl, where 2 of its 3 holes matched the drilled holes and attached it, works well. See your friendly repairer, and have it done by him/her quickly at minimal cost. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2005-06-20 15:07
I have a 40-year callus on my right thumb, so can do without padding.
BUT, I keep tangling my right forefinger in the Eb trill key. I think I'd like to push my right hand a little lower on the horn to get my finger away from that squeak maker.
Any suggestions?
thanks
Bob Phillips
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Author: D
Date: 2005-06-20 16:51
A woman I have played next to in the past had lots of her trill keys bent to a more favourable angle because she was always catching them. You could try that - or perhaps ask a tech to do it so that you don't accidentally bend something else at the same time.
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Author: jbutler ★2017
Date: 2005-06-20 17:33
I have addressed the question of adjustable thumb rests to Francois Kloc. It doesn't make sense to me to have a thumb rest that is adjustable, when in the highest position, it is placed in the same location as a fixed thumb rest. That is the case with the E-11 in particular. Most performers need the thumb rest in a higher than normal position rather than lower.
jbutler
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Author: Morrigan
Date: 2005-06-21 01:50
So what's the problem with holes? Sure you might not want holes drilled into your 'baby' but at the end of the day it's no big deal and is the only way to go if you permanantly want your thumbrest higher.
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2005-06-21 10:19
I've had both of my thumbrests moved up. They are much more comfortable, and they can fill in the old holes really easily. Any half decent instrument repairperson can do it in about 10 minutes.
Christopher Nichols
1st Infantry Division Band
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Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2005-06-21 15:59
The plastic Kooiman thumbrest has a very very wide adjustment range. If the holes on its base plate don't exactly match your clarinet's, the base plate can be redrilled or its holes expanded. But as many have said, putting new holes in the clarinet is no big deal.
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Author: cujo
Date: 2005-06-22 02:31
I figured its probably faster and easier to just buy a cheap $6 adjusable thumbrest, cut the tab and solder it on backwards. Instead of setting up the clarinet in a jig and making sure its right. And hopefully the cheap rests arent made of pot metal.
Most likely in the future i would need to fill the holes in and make it match the body anyway.
I only play for fun and on plastic instruments but my thumb extremely hurts after only 5 minutes on playing.
I've tried useing as little pressure as possible when playing but its just the bad hand position, so a neck strap wouldnt help much either.
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