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Shoulder Rest

Wolf or Kun?

by Steve Maus

As we have seen in this post most people will need a help to support their violin hold, mostly because their neck is simply too long to keep the violin between shoulder and jaw bone. So you are shopping for a shoulder rest. Almost inevitably you will come across two major brands: the Canadian Kun [...]

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The Shoulder Rest, Part 2

by Steve Maus

People ask me pretty often what is the best way to adjust the shoulder rest. In this article I’ll try to shed light upon this topic. Although there are several manufacturers of shoulder rests the systems resemble each other frequently. I did the photos with the Kun Voce. We attach the rest in a neutral [...]

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The Shoulder Rest

by Steve Maus

In my article about the violin hold I mentioned the correct adjustment of the shoulder rest. Today we’ll have a look into the benefits of this accessory. If you look at the photos in the article you can see how the violin hold should look like. More or less. The summary of this post was: [...]

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The Violin Hold

by Steve Maus

Unfortunately I received only few comments via website or mail. But thanks very much for your input, guys! The majority favoured the basics, so let’s return to them and look into he violin hold. The most important thing you should watch: Your shoulders. Normally, you would never walk through the streets with one shoulder up [...]

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