Hmmmm. Well, it looks like it might be a better idea to either buy
an extra bow for when I ship one out for rehairing, or get hands-on
training from a violin-maker. At least some of the sources cited
earlier sell bows as well as horsehair.
> 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
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