Woodwind musical instrument finger rest and a system including the same

A woodwind musical instrument finger rest system, comprising:

• a woodwind musical instrument having a tubular wall;
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• a woodwind musical instrument finger rest that includes:
• an outer body portion, the outer body portion defining an inner recess, the outer body portion being formed from a first material;
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• an inner sleeve portion disposed in the inner recess of the outer body portion, the inner sleeve portion being formed from a second material that is different from the first material, the inner sleeve portion being configured to be disposed against an outer surface portion of the tubular wall of the woodwind musical instrument;
• wherein the woodwind musical instrument finger rest is configured to facilitate a holding of the woodwind musical instrument by a user, and the woodwind musical instrument finger rest is configured to dissipate forces transferred between the woodwind musical instrument and a hand of the user;
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• wherein the woodwind musical instrument is provided with a pair of the woodwind musical instrument finger rests disposed at first and second spaced-apart locations along a length of the tubular wall of the woodwind musical instrument, a first one of the woodwind musical instrument finger rests configured to accommodate a first hand of the user, and a second one of the woodwind musical instrument finger rests configured to accommodate a second hand of the user.

A woodwind musical instrument finger rest, comprising:

• an outer body portion, the outer body portion defining an inner recess, the outer body portion being formed from a first material, the outer body portion having a first end portion and an oppositely disposed second end portion, the first and second end portions being symmetrically arranged relative to a central axis of the woodwind musical instrument finger rest, and the first and second end portions having generally the same wall thickness;
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• an inner sleeve portion disposed in the inner recess of the outer body portion, the inner sleeve portion being formed from a second material that is different from the first material, the inner sleeve portion being configured to be disposed against an outer surface portion of a tubular wall of a woodwind musical instrument;
• wherein the woodwind musical instrument finger rest is configured to facilitate a holding of the woodwind musical instrument by a user, and the woodwind musical instrument finger rest is configured to dissipate forces transferred between the woodwind musical instrument and a hand of the user.