George Curran thumb rest
- GabrielRice
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It's the Shires thumbrest, now standard on all Shires bass trombones. It can be installed separately as well by a tech - the mount needs to be soldered on.
- GabrielRice
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I think so. Best way would be to have your tech order the parts.
- Bassbonechandler
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[quote="Schlitz"]Would the thumbrest be available, separately, for purchase? Particularly, for the non-Shires brand owners.....[/quote]
Honestly the ax-handle by instrument innovations is pretty good.. No need for soldering.
Honestly the ax-handle by instrument innovations is pretty good.. No need for soldering.
- Wilco
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It probably is... but.... it connects to another part of the horn, which has an effect on response. I suspect the place of the shires rest has a lesser effect on the instrument
- Wilco
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[quote="Wilco"]It probably is... but.... it connects to another part of the horn, which has an effect on response. I suspect the place of the shires rest has a lesser effect on the instrument[/quote]
I compared with my older shires and it is actually a quite brilliant solution. They must have used the thinnist bar possible (guessing the same thickness as the levers) for the rest. And they drilled a hole in the spring stay of the 2nd valve to attach the bar, so not making another contact point. I have sent an email!
I compared with my older shires and it is actually a quite brilliant solution. They must have used the thinnist bar possible (guessing the same thickness as the levers) for the rest. And they drilled a hole in the spring stay of the 2nd valve to attach the bar, so not making another contact point. I have sent an email!
- GabrielRice
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[quote="Wilco"]<QUOTE author="Wilco" post_id="96768" time="1572286437" user_id="5654">
It probably is... but.... it connects to another part of the horn, which has an effect on response. I suspect the place of the shires rest has a lesser effect on the instrument[/quote]
I compared with my older shires and it is actually a quite brilliant solution. They must have used the thinnist bar possible (guessing the same thickness as the levers) for the rest. And they drilled a hole in the spring stay of the 2nd valve to attach the bar, so not making another contact point. I have sent an email!
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That 2nd valve lever mount is a new machined part. The old part can't be modified that way. But they have a mount for the rest bar that can be soldered on just below it. I have two horns set up that way.
It probably is... but.... it connects to another part of the horn, which has an effect on response. I suspect the place of the shires rest has a lesser effect on the instrument[/quote]
I compared with my older shires and it is actually a quite brilliant solution. They must have used the thinnist bar possible (guessing the same thickness as the levers) for the rest. And they drilled a hole in the spring stay of the 2nd valve to attach the bar, so not making another contact point. I have sent an email!
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That 2nd valve lever mount is a new machined part. The old part can't be modified that way. But they have a mount for the rest bar that can be soldered on just below it. I have two horns set up that way.
- FEWeathers
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- Joined: Jan 04, 2019
Thomann has a good pic of the Shires bass bone rest...
