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Does anybody still rehair bows?

 
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nmjuhasz
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:36 pm    Post subject: Does anybody still rehair bows? Reply with quote

I have a couple nice wooden bows that I would like to have rehaired. However, when calling around to local instrument shops, I am being told that nobody does this anymore. Is there a resource/list showing craftspeople who still do this kind of repair?

Many thanks.
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Leif Luscombe
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bow rehairing is still routine at most good violin shops. Student grade bows, on the other hand (and nice ones at that: Bwood/full Ebony frog/genuine hair), are now available at or below the price of a rehair.

What to do with those common, older German/Czech bows? Just replace them with the newer Chinese bows rather than rehair/repair frog/replace tip, eyelet and screw/reshape.
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fiddlemaker
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still do rehairs. They are the most frequent repair that I do in my shop. One reason that I do them is because I enjoy doing them where a lot of people don't like it. I think a lot of shops are not doing rehairs on student bows anymore because as Leif says you can get a new student bow for the price of a rehair.
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Mat Roop
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone rehair bows??? Absoutely! That has turned into my favorite part of the violin business! Not only do I rehair, but also repair splits, broken tips and shafts. Often the bow itself is not worth it, but there is the sentimental value that can't be escaped.
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Jack Rushing
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mat, You are right about some bows having sentimental value.
I had two such bows, and with me not being the best bowhairer
around, I asked my friend Craig Tucker of Roswell New mexico
if he could work them into his busy schedule. I received back two
of the finest bowhair jobs I have ever seen. He is truly a master
at this.
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Mat Roop
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I hear he is really good... someday, if I ever get to Roswell, I'd like to compare mine to his!
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bulerias1981
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, either we charge less for bow rehairs, or we cant do them. Unless we like doing them for cheap. I dont mind. But after a few thousand cheap student bow rehairs a year.. it gets sort of annoying!
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Mat Roop
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I take a pretty simplistic approach...I quote a reasonable fair price for rehair and advise the cost of an equivalent new ... then let the customer choose. I would say 50% of the time the customer chooses a rehair knowing they will get a better quality of hair (I use only the best available)
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