Kooiman Etude 3 Ergonomic Thumb Rest Posters

Kooiman Etude 3 Ergonomic Thumb Rest PostersIf the Maestro is a biomechanical exoskeleton for your right hand, the Etude is more like orthotic insoles: you install it, adjust the height, and it quietly makes everything feel better. Like the Maestro, It shifts the weight of the clarinet off the tip of your thumb and into the stronger area between your joints where you can actually support the instrument without pain or effort. Its not as fancy as the Maestro and the price reflects that. The

When you play a throat Bb on just about every Bb clarinet it is stuffy

With a single barrel

So grab Astro

The Giuffredi mouthpiece is open (1

A: You can keep it in case you need to drop your bass clarinet out a 40-foot high window

With Légère

it's an A clarinet that goes down to low C

and it takes a standard Bb mouthpiece and reed

I also love that the response is quick

which allows the screw and ligature to vibrate without dampening the vibrations from the cork and plate

This rose gold edition is simply gorgeous

and stays put when you get loud