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Thread #56881 Message #891964
Posted By: NicoleC
16-Feb-03 - 10:38 PM
Thread Name: Tech: How do you re-hair a fiddle bow?
Subject: RE: Tech: How do you re-hair a fiddle bow?
It would probably be of great assistance to be able to look at some well done examples to get an idea of the final product. If they aren't great bows, then by all means have fun with 'em. My nice bow was poorly haired, but it worked fine until we tried to rehair it and had to dig out the old, bad job. It looked like someone had superglued the cork wedge in there! Chipped a piece of the ivory tip getting it out, too. Watching the whole process was daunting, to me, and I'm generally willing to tackle about anything crafty :)
You are probably in much less danger of your new hair being contaminated than the old bow hair and case. I'm guessing that if the luthier looked at them without mentioning any warning signs, they are probably okay.
John, I think the hair direction matters because of the way the hair holds the rosin, and also the thinkness of the hair shaft.