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Re: Clarinet tumb rest?

Author: belle
Date: 2023-02-07 06:21

Thanks for all your comments and the links. The Hook looks like a stiff version of the W.R.I.S.T I mentioned I already have, so I imagine a very similar outcome. It has the addition of springs for a bit more mobility: https://hodgeproductsinc.com/w-r-i-s-t-weight-reduction-instrumental-system-technology/

The problem I experienced with this is that since the weight is held at the bottom of the instrument, the left hand ends up having to push the instrument away from the body with the left thumb. This means my thumb is less dexterous with octave key maneuvering. Anybody with The Hook feel the same? Any remedies for this?

I feel the effect is stronger if you hold the instrument at a higher "european" style angle, rather than more vertical, like a clarinet.

The BHOB seems like a stiffer version of the thing I'm looking at getting, which is the ERG-Oboe: https://www.ergobrass.com/oboe/

Both the BHOB and ERG-Oboe require a neck strap ring on the instrument. Hence my search. I'm not interested in using a neck strap itself: I've been down that path and they are useless for oboe, particularly when holding the instrument at a higher angle.

I can only find ring adapters that you would connect to an existing thumb rest, and only a particular model thumb rest at that. Most commonly I can find the Buffet version. Nobody seems to make just a ring, like what you can find for bass clarinet: https://votawtool.com/collections/clarinet-2/products/bass-clarinet-strap-ring-wide?variant=34494131241095

Failing that, my original question about the interchangeability with a clarinet thumb rest was if I just give up on my Ton Kooiman Oboe thumb rest and use a regular adjustable with ring in conjunction with the ERG-oboe/BHOB. Clarinet ones are much more readily available and cheaper!

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