Korfkerrest 2
I'm thinking about getting one, but...
The price is obviously a deterrent. I've tried one that a colleague has and it clearly sounds way better than my current Wolf Forte Secondo to everyone that heard it. It didn't feel horrible on my body but I'm also not sure if I'll love it, and for the price I definitely need to love it and use it for a long time.
My shoulders are very sloping and not broad at all. Since my body is basically a hill going down my shoulders and a hill going down my chest, I've found traditional shoulder rests (kun style) to be quite unstable and put the violin at a downward angle (unless I make the feet ungodly high, which I don't like because it takes the violin off my collarbonebone so it basically just wobbles in midair). A similar fitment to a kun-style rest is my chief worry with the korfkerrest.
I played without a shoulder rest for many years, since I found that it felt more stable to me to put the violin on my collarbone, hold it up with my arm, and just let the space between my shoulder and the back of the violin be empty.
A year or two ago I discovered the Wolf Secondo and it solved the problems I had with the kun-style rests because of its crescent shape - it contacts me more on the top of my body's "hills" rather than on the "slopes" so it feels more stable, I can still feel the violin on my collarbone, and it doesn't force the violin into a downward angle. It's just large and heavy, and the Korfkerrest sounds so much better. I did buy a Luna a while ago and ended up selling it for about half price because it didn't fit me at all.
Anyone with a similar body type use the wooden Korfkerrest 2 and have a good experience?