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Re: Glue for thumb cushion to rest

Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-11-27 07:03

I've never found any glue to work with thumbrest cushions as they don't take to the rubber too well. Maybe you need a special silicon rubber adhesive.

Often if I've had a customer's instrument in and they have trouble with the cushion falling off, especially with adjustable thumbrests or ones with a ring on the back, so I wire it on with soft brass reed wire to keep it in place.

Cut a 5cm (2") length of wire and poke it through the side of thumbrest so it goes all the way through and out the other side, then bend and wrap the free ends around the narrowest point of the thumbrest (usually at the bend), then finally twist the free ends together to keep it in place and snip off the excess wire. If it's an adjustable thumbrest or one fitted with a ring, then loop the wire around the bar or ring on the back of the thumbrest and then twist the free ends.

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

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