I'm unable to send from my usual account, so I'm sending this through
juno. Building guitars is one of my hobbies/part time job. I build solid
body electrics, but I am familiar with violin and bow construction. You
might be able to find someone in your area by visitng the web site of
the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers at:
http://www.afvbm.com/ . If you can't find anyone there, then try
International Violin Company's web site at www.internationalviolin.com .
They have a good selection of natural and synthetic bow hair. There's
another site at http://www.internationalluthiers.com/bows.html . A good
list of links is at http://www.sowden.co.uk/links.htm A good synthetic
hair can be found at http://www.musicbasics.com/vln-bw100.html You might
also try http://www.rolinmusic.com/violinbowparts.html This page from
Elderly Instruments also lists some hair:
http://www.rolinmusic.com/violinbowparts.html There's more at
http://www.violinpuppy.com/cat100.html A comparison of the
characteristics of the different natural hairs is found at
http://iwk.mhsw.ac.at/english/research/bowhair/bowhair.htm -----
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[SaF] Restringing a violin bow
> I'd like to learn how to restring (rehair) a violin bow "in the
> privacy of my home." Plus I'd like to locate a place where I can get
> supplies for doing this, such as horsehair or the synthetic "hair."
>
> I've already checked google and, while there are plenty of places that
> will restring the bow, I didn't find any place that sells supplies and
> manuals. I'm not all that thrilled about shipping my bow off for
> weeks at a time, and can see a real advantage to being able to do this
> myself.
>
> Pointers, anyone?
