Sage advice, indeed. I would try this on an expendable bow first, as the
price of Pernambuco has supposedly quintupled in the last five years or so,
as have many of the rare exotic woods that grow in Brazil. There is an
ongoing movement in that country to replant Caesalpina Echinata (also called
Brazilwood) to the extent that supposedly 2.7 million saplings have been
planted, but they take 40 years to be harvestable. While looking up the
references, I discovered a very interesting fact: Brazil was actually named
after the Brazilwood tree, not the other way around. Also, much like the
Brazil nut, most Brazilians could not identify a Brazilwood tree.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [SaF] <ADM FWD> violin bow hair
> On 22 Jan 2001, 15:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Wow! This is terrific! Thanks.
>
> Indeed, it was a great response to your query, but before you whack the
> tail off the horse and grab the rosin, you might heed the words of
> violin maker Hans Johansson:
>
> cite: http://www.centrum.is/hansi/thebow.html
>
> "Bows are generally made by specialist bow makers although some violin
> makers have made bows as well. One of the tasks which a violin maker is
> trained in however is the re-hairing of bows. Rehairing a bow is a time
> consuming and troublesome job. The main reason for this is that to
> rehair a bow properly without damage requires lot's of patience and
> skill. Too many good bows have been badly damaged by people who have
> learned bow rehairing from a book and think that it might be a
> lucrative way to watch television. Bows should be entrusted only to
> trained professionals."
>
>
> Alan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
