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Just got these in the mail and thought I'd send some pictures. I'll mount the chin rests and should rest tonight and see how they feel over the next few days. I'll let you know about the CF bow too.
The bow came very well packaged in a nice hard case.
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Very happy that they arrived to you saftely.
Looking forward to the update after testing.
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Always nice, some new gear ? lots of fun with testing and I’m curious about how it all feels and works!
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Congrats on the new stuff, @Heinrich
As it turns out, I just bought a Wolf forte secondo shoulder rest from Fiddlershop yesterday. There are so many ways it can be adjusted once you've chosen the chinrest that works best for you.
Since I like to hold my violin more to the front than to the left side, this is how I've twisted and attached the Wolf forte secondo:
The low, shoulder side is so low that I can feel the violin on my collar bone when I lift the scroll a bit but love the security of having the Wolf there for me when I need it. I should mention one negative of having the SR so low on that one side... there are some metal attachment bits that get precariously close to the back of my violin. Maybe I'll just wrap the offending part in some scrap leather...
... or maybe I'll grow up one day and start using a shoulder rest with less extreme twisting 
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Thanks, I'll let you guys know how it goes after tonight. The shoulder rest looks pretty intense so we'll see how that goes. Good to know I have some help if I get stuck.
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Just a blundering beginner here, having fun with my equipment. That said, I took one look at that pic I posted of my Wolf setup and immediately screwed the high side down to something less dramatic (and more stable
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So, after a few days of practice with each piece here is where I landed. I just couldn't make them work for me.
The Flesch center mount was pressing down on the tailpiece so I wasn't able to really test that. I was really hoping the Stuber would work and felt ok at first but after about 30 min I really felt it dig in under my chin. I thought a higher lip on the chin rest would be nice, but even with adjusting the shoulder rest I couldn't keep it from hurting. The Wolfe shoulder rest was very adjustable but again I struggled with it and it just wouldn't sit on my shoulder. I'm a little bummed because I was really hoping they would give me a more stable hold but I guess back to the drawing board.
I ended up keeping the bow and i really enjoy it. So much more response from it than my old one. It is taking me some time to adjust my bow pressure. Really grips the strings.
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I'm glad to hear that the bow "fits" at least.
I think the general wisdom goes that one should find a comfortable chinrest first and then get a shoulder rest that works.
Am I correct that you're looking for a high chinrest? If yes, you can check out the SAS height adjustable at Fiddlershop or look up the "wavechinrest".
Re: shoulder rests, I mentioned above that I had just switched from the Wolf to the Bonmusica (which I used for the first 6 months of my violin adventure.) The Bonmusica is as a grippy and bendable a shoulder rest as you can get. It even hooks over your shoulder. The down side is mainly that there's a lot of hardware involved (the price of stability and adjustability.)
This is how I had it adjusted:
