I have seen one Schmidt for sale that had a Pull Piston , the thumb trigger was attached to the bottom of the piston casing with a rod through to the piston that pulled it down the thumb trigger was at the same position as for a rotor valve. John In a message dated 6/4/2011 11:14:32 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Drill a small hole in the bottom of the piston casing and attach a string through it to the piston to come out the bottom. Then you can arrange to pull the piston down instead of push it down, and your thumb can be anywhere you like. David G, kidding, I think. On 6/4/2011 1:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > In a message dated 6/4/2011 12:23:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I've tried different angles of my hand, but there's no way I could play > standing up with one of these with any of my current solutions. > > > > > If I remember correctly, the original Schmidt piston > double was designed for a double jointed basketball > player who could palm a basketball. > > Seriously though, I had one that had a hook, like a > pinky finger hook, soldered on the left side of the horn > that acted like a duck foot and carried the weight of the > horn between the thumb and first finger. This allowed > more flexibility to move the hand down to a more cramp-free > position. It worked for me. > > Also, I believe someone has rigged a linkage between a more > typical thumb lever shape/location to the piston button. Maybe > a more informed list member can shed some light? > > Regards, Jerry in Kansas City > 913-341-7694 (H) > 913-226-6537 (C) > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/goldberg%40wccnet.org _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/johnlwilber%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
