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Is it possble to buy replacement thumb-rests?
When I play my Bari, my thumbs, particularly my right thumb, ache after about 45 minutes.
I've looked at what might be causing this and realised that the thumb rest does not sit on my thumb, but about 2cm above it, so I'm not supporting any of the weight of the bari on my thumb, but squeezing the body of it to cling on to it. My thumb is about where the screw goes through the thumb-rest.
I've taken the rest off to see if it was height-adjustable, but it's not, it's only angle-adjustable.
I recall someone mentioning some mouldable plastic that could be used for adding risers to the palm keys. Do you think I could build up the thumb-rest to meet my thumb using this stuff too?
Frustratingly, it's not my mouth that's giving out first when I play the bari, but my thumb :crying:
any advice gratefully received :welldone
When I play my Bari, my thumbs, particularly my right thumb, ache after about 45 minutes.
I've looked at what might be causing this and realised that the thumb rest does not sit on my thumb, but about 2cm above it, so I'm not supporting any of the weight of the bari on my thumb, but squeezing the body of it to cling on to it. My thumb is about where the screw goes through the thumb-rest.
I've taken the rest off to see if it was height-adjustable, but it's not, it's only angle-adjustable.
I recall someone mentioning some mouldable plastic that could be used for adding risers to the palm keys. Do you think I could build up the thumb-rest to meet my thumb using this stuff too?
Frustratingly, it's not my mouth that's giving out first when I play the bari, but my thumb :crying:
any advice gratefully received :welldone