|
Email This Page To A Friend
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Why Woodwind & Brasswind ? |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Like top athletes, instrumentalists are constantly trying to get the best return on the energy and effort that go into the performance, while at the same time they try to maintain a free and natural playing posture and a perfect technique. The thumbrests offer both. |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Rate this product
|
|
|
|
> Write your own review and share your insights with other customers |
|
|
 |
1 found helpful, 2 found unhelpful.
Couldn't Teach This Old Dog a New Trick
|
|
by Carol
7/3/2008 3:24:11 PM
|
Musical Experience:
Clarinetist (nearly 4 decades)
Style of music:
Instrumental ensembles, choir, teaching
Hometown
TN
This thumb rest would probably have been beneficial if I'd had the time to devote to changing my right hand position. However, I'm too old and too busy to take the time to re-learn the position. For younger players still establishing hand positions and good habits, it'd be worth a try. I had to send mine back and the WWBW people handled my exchange with the good customer service I've come to expect from them.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 found helpful, 0 found unhelpful.
Freedom at last
|
|
by Greg Gibson
6/18/2008 9:23:50 PM
|
Musical Experience:
35+ years
Style of music:
Classical/jazz/world
Hometown
Australia
I was unaware, during all these years that my right hand fingers were restricted in their movement, until I tried this thumb rest. It's a revelation! My technique has improved no end. I might even consider moving up to the professional model.
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 found helpful, 0 found unhelpful.
career saver!
|
|
by Rebecca Haskins
1/26/2008 5:59:51 PM
|
Musical Experience:
professional oboist and private teacher
Style of music:
classical
Hometown
Austin, TX
During college, when I was playing five or six hours a day, I developed severe pains in my right wrist. I tried neck straps, an adjustable standard thumb rest, and even a wrist brace, but the pain still increased every week. A teacher recommended the Kooiman (which fits easily on the oboe as well as on the clarinet), and it was an immediate relief. Combined with warm-up exercises before practice and stretches afterward, my pain is basically gone. I highly recommend this for oboists!
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 found helpful, 0 found unhelpful.
A Great Investment - Should be standard on all clarinets
|
|
by Wayne E. Rose
7/16/2007 9:08:29 AM
|
Musical Experience:
50 plus years
Style of music:
All types - Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Hometown
Shelbyville, IN
As a long time player of Clarinet and Bass Clarinet, I have always experienced thumb fatigue while playing the clarinet - numbness and cramping. I was amazed when I first tried this thumb rest. It transferred all the weight of the clarinet evenly over the entire thumb. I first thought it might be a little cumbersome and restrict movement on alternate fingerings, but it did just the opposite, it made it easier to control the alternate fingerings and actually improved my playing ability. What a difference.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 found helpful, 0 found unhelpful.
This thumbrest put be back into the clarinet business
|
|
by Ken Allen
4/12/2007 1:56:42 PM
|
Musical Experience:
65 years clarinet and sax
Style of music:
Jazz with clarinet.....jazz, country with sax
Hometown
Ridgeland Ms.
As an older musician I have had problems with right hand fatigue when playing clarinet. (With) this thumb rest, right-hand fatigue cramps are eliminated!
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 found helpful, 0 found unhelpful.
Great thumbrest!
|
|
by Jen
2/20/2007 2:45:57 PM
|
Musical Experience:
Clarinet Performance Student
Style of music:
Classical
Hometown
Grand Rapids, MI
I have always used the standard thumb rests that come on Buffet clarinets, but recently, I began to get hand cramps and was not able to play for long periods of time standing up. I decided to purchase an Etude thumb rest. It was rather easy to put on my clarinet (it only took about 5 minutes). I absolutely love this thumb rest. It moves the weight of the clarinet from the first knuckle to farther back toward the palm. Everyone I know who plays clarinet always wants to try it out!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|