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 Re: Which thumb rest?
Author: m1964 
Date:   2018-10-06 18:12

John Peacock wrote:

> Here are some pictures of the Howarth thumb rest. Indeed, they
> aren't on the web site, but I was in touch recently and they
> said they could sell me one for £50, so they must have a stock
> even though their clarinets are no longer made (or they use the
> same ones on their oboes). You can see the nice curvature on
> the metal plate (which the Buffet one lacks) - so even without
> the thin layer of cork I suspect it would be pretty
> comfortable. The base plate looks the same thickness as an
> original Buffet fixed model, so maybe the old screws would work
> - but it needs new holes drilling higher up, so that's not the
> main issue.
>
> For what it's worth, you can see I found the best position for
> me was quite low- almost where the original Buffet would be,
> and certainly not opposite the index finger. My feeling on this
> is I feel more comfortable having it at the height where the
> instrument is balanced: higher up and things want to rotate.

The Howarth thumb rest seems to be similar to one from Votawtools.com.
After the thumb rest was moved up on my A RC clarinet I find that I do not need the rest in its highest position but one notch down which is still higher than the original location.
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