The best musical saw I ever found was the one I got from Clarence Mussehl in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. His MUSSEHL AND WESTPHAL company made the one that was easiest for me to manipulate properly, but still had exceptional tone---and a full 2-octave range. It was made of very good English steel. Clarence's secret was that he would never tell anyone where he got his blades!!! The standard saw was 26 inches long back in 1922 when he started out. He got the steel company to make him a 28 inch saw---and that was the one with the best tone quality combined a good ratio of manipulatability.

If there was any law you had to follow religiously in order to get good tone, it was the rule that you always had to draw your bow on the straight side of the blade.

The other side always played sharp !!

;-)

Art Thieme