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Lonesome Fiddler - Posted - 04/20/2019: 13:59:35
My favorite fiddle's hips are ever so slightly smaller than the hips on my other two fiddles, and my Kun shoulder rests simply can't be adjusted finely enough to get me a proper grip. Can anybody suggest a shoulder rest that'll work for me? Jerry-rigging the Kun's feet-widths with rubber-tubing/rubber bands, etc., just isn't working for me. Making matters worse, I truly love the way my Kun rests rest on my shoulder.
montananmrk - Posted - 04/20/2019: 15:40:11
The absolute best shoulder rest that I have found for not falling off and being most comfortable is the Comford Violin Shoulder Cradle medium. It absolutely will not fall off. I have tried every shoulder rest known and this is the best. Shar music carries them.
Lonesome Fiddler - Posted - 04/20/2019: 21:17:22
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Originally posted by montananmrk
The absolute best shoulder rest that I have found for not falling off and being most comfortable is the Comford Violin Shoulder Cradle medium. It absolutely will not fall off. I have tried every shoulder rest known and this is the best. Shar music carries them.
Thanks. Looks promising. I'll try one.
bob t - Posted - 04/21/2019: 06:28:56
I've tried more than a dozen shoulder rests trying to find one comfortable for an arthritic neck and one that stays on the fiddle. Here's what I use now and its the cheapest one I've tried to boot!
sharmusic.com/Accessories/Shou...-Rest.axd
Lonesome Fiddler - Posted - 04/21/2019: 13:12:29
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Originally posted by bob t
I've tried more than a dozen shoulder rests trying to find one comfortable for an arthritic neck and one that stays on the fiddle. Here's what I use now and its the cheapest one I've tried to boot!
sharmusic.com/Accessories/Shou...-Rest.axd
Thanks. It's the fine-tuning of the distance between the mounts that intrigue me.
ChickenMan - Posted - 04/21/2019: 14:41:25
I too have a fiddle that is also ever so slightly narrower and up until now, I've just dealt with it falling off every so often. That one at Shar's looks promising.
bob t - Posted - 04/21/2019: 16:16:58
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Originally posted by Lonesome Fiddler
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Originally posted by bob t
I've tried more than a dozen shoulder rests trying to find one comfortable for an arthritic neck and one that stays on the fiddle. Here's what I use now and its the cheapest one I've tried to boot!
sharmusic.com/Accessories/Shou...-Rest.axd
Thanks. It's the fine-tuning of the distance between the mounts that intrigue me.
This one is quite adjustable
RobBob - Posted - 04/23/2019: 04:56:33
I found the Kun prone to fall off. I use an Everest or Chinese knockoff. They are light, cheap and seem to work fine for me. I don't want to add a lot of infrastructure to the fiddle and only use shoulder rest to keep me from stop playing fiddle altogether due to upper back and neck stress.
TexasRed - Posted - 04/25/2019: 15:45:32
If you like the kun enough, the kun solo would be good for you
I always set my shoulder rests about as far back as they can go, the solo has buttons that let you go all the way down to 3/4 size. The 3/4 and 4/4 are the same rest.
It took me awhile to find something decently comfortable, it ended up being the kun solo and a taller teka chin rest
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