KUN Solo Violin Shoulder Rest:

The Kun Solo features a simplified, quick-adjust finger lever that provides ultra-fine size adjustment and eliminates screws.

Greater width on the shoulder end gives the Solo added comfort, and a new collapsing mechanism with recessed and integrated drums means it’s ‘feet’ can be folded easily for storage.

Patterned cut-outs in the Solo’s sponge rubber enhance its grip on the player’s shoulder and reduce its weight, while freeing up your instrument’s sound.

The Solo is the perfect shoulder rest for players with long necks, and those who prefer a taller model.

With its sleek, contoured body and chic two-toned design in metallic bronze and black, the Solo is a dynamic and affordable addition to the Kun family of shoulder rests.

Notes on the Kun Solo: the Solo is intended to sit in a higher position. When adjusting it, be sure to leave adequate clearance between the adjusting tabs and the back of your instrument.

Also, while the Kun Solo shoulder rest comes assembled, you might need to replace the feet at some point. When doing so, it is important that you use one hand to hold the recessed drum firmly on either side, while the other hand screws in the foot. If you don’t, it will be difficult for the threads on the screw to catch on the threads in the shaft into which it’s being inserted.

AVAILABLE FOR 3/4 & 4/4 VIOLIN (ONE SIZE)

Kun Shoulder rests:

Kun is exclusively focused on developing the most ergonomic, innovative, comfortable and affordable products for stringed instrument players. Kun products are made in Canada, using exceptional materials to exacting technical and aesthetic standards.

Over five decades, with Marina Kun at the helm, the company’s extensive research into materials and mechanics have fueled continuous innovation, producing the widest range of models on the market to suit all ages and physical types.

With quality paramount, Kun has been guided by two convictions:

— that a shoulder rest should adapt to the musician
and not the reverse;
— and that acoustic qualities are as important as comfort.

The result is a variety of simple but inventive adjusting and folding mechanisms, embodied in often-revolutionary materials to create a product suite that will please the most demanding string players.

Using Your Kun

Using your Kun shoulder rest is easy, and many of our products come fully assembled.

Aside from the mechanics of adjusting the rest, though, how you use it will be personal since each of us has such different anatomy. In that sense, there isn’t a single ‘correct’ position. Shoulder rests are ergonomic so it’s essential that you find the most comfortable position for your neck, shoulder and back while making sure you maintain good overall alignment. If you’re unsure about using your Kun, ask a teacher or other professional for help and tips.

Assembly:

While some Kun rests come fully assembled, the exceptions are the models that do not collapse: the Kun Original and Super rests.

With these models, you’ll need to remove the T-shaped over-moulded ‘feet’ from the box and insert them in the L-shaped end members.

The foot with the shorter brass screw goes into the wider end of the rest. The foot with the longer screw goes into the narrow end of the rest. You can twist the feet further in to adjust the height of each side.

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