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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Violin Bow Rehair and Repair.
Before I got this book I was totally perplexed on two important issues - how to get the hair into a nice flat ribbon and how to get all the hairs to tension up evenly. I am now able to accomplish these tasks although I must admit I did need to read and re-read the relevant sections a number of times. I also found myself peering very intently at the photographs in an...
Published on March 14, 2000 by David Brown
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
There may be some good info here but be advised...
I used this manual to do my first bow rehair. I read and reread that section until I was familiar with it. Everything went fairly well until the time came to make the final cut of the hair. Cutting length according to the instructions caused the hair to be too short. This caused the bow to always be under tension. Fortunatly I used a throw-away bow to learn on, so...
Published on September 2, 1999
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
There may be some good info here but be advised...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Violin Bow Rehair and Repair (Spiral-bound)
I used this manual to do my first bow rehair. I read and reread that section until I was familiar with it. Everything went fairly well until the time came to make the final cut of the hair. Cutting length according to the instructions caused the hair to be too short. This caused the bow to always be under tension. Fortunatly I used a throw-away bow to learn on, so I went ahead left the hair on it. My advice is to leave about 1/2 inch more hair than the author suggests. Worst case, you'll have to recut and retie but you won't have to buy another hank of hair. Also he didn't spend enough time explaining how to get the hair lined up and even. This seems to require a certain amount of practice. As I recall he also doesn't explain anything measuring the hair. I couldn't understand how I could cram all that hair into such a small place. I didn't find out until later that there are tools for measuring hair The author seems to have several decades of experience working on violins, but little, if any, formal training. So his knowledge may not be as well rounded as someone who has graduated from a luthier school. I got the impression that this is the way he always did it and his dad did it, so there was no need to research how others might do it. Still, I have no other book on subject to compare it against.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Violin Bow Rehair and Repair.,
By David Brown (Brisbane, Australia.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Violin Bow Rehair and Repair (Spiral-bound)
Before I got this book I was totally perplexed on two important issues - how to get the hair into a nice flat ribbon and how to get all the hairs to tension up evenly. I am now able to accomplish these tasks although I must admit I did need to read and re-read the relevant sections a number of times. I also found myself peering very intently at the photographs in an attempt to pick out fine details. (Colour photos, I feel, would be much better although this would undoubtedly add to publishing costs.) I would recommend this book as a worthwhile resource for repairers. It has already paid for itself in work that I have been able to take on since reading the book.
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Violin Bow Rehair and Repair by Harry Sebastian Wake (Spiral-bound - June 1975)
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