I have an Albert Nurnberger bow the first Albert nurnberger I set it on my bed and put away my violin and forgot to put it away after practice. I sat on it and broke it!! It was a really wide surface area crack and no shops would touch it. As careful as you are mistakes and accidents happen
My bow (I have three) that I use the most is an Eduard Reichert which came with the accompanying violin, and while I don't know it's value I'd be sad to lose it as I'm so used to it and it gives a good sound and is easy for me to use as it's light and weighted and balanced well. I'll keep using it unless I come into some $$ and am able to get a new violin and bow but for now these Reichert's will do me just fine. - Mark Australia.
A local music store asked me to repair a fine bow-I’d better not reveal the name-and I recklessly agreed to fix it. (Nowadays I would do just as Olaf says.) The bow’s tip was split. I put it back together with cyanoacrylate glue, pinned it and warned the store that the bow should only be used for pit orchestra or practice. No complaints, but I wouldn’t do that again. That bow was a beautiful stick, 19th century and better than the violin it was with.
@@markuswx1322 Strange in a way that the bow can be worth more than the violin (back in those days - now with China and other countries mass producing it's easier to understand) though I guess the sound emanates from the bow and arm of course, so it really is that important to one's overall sound. I would want both, of course, a valuable bow and a valuable violin but short of a massed produced Chinese piece of driftwood for a violin, I'd buy a nice $2000 au, odd value, of a German late 19th early 20th century violin and get a really nice bow. As I said, 'that's where the sound emanates from. Just my opinion - take it or leave it. - Mark, Australia.
@@Skinny_Karlos I was really speaking of quality rather than price. There are plenty of German factory violins that are fetching a price these days just because they have a bit of age on them, but they could use some serious tonal attention. The bow is another matter. This was a strong, lively stick that could improve anyone’s technique. The stamp was authentic, three stars.
One time I put my bow down on the top of a guitar amplifier head and when I picked it back up, several hairs caught on the rivets of the amp corner and tore out! Now I NEVER lay the bow down there any more.
So easily done especially when there are stands, microphones etc around. I ruined a good bow by dropping it on its nose onto a hard floor. Never managed to get any repair that held. I use an Arcus now. Carbon fibre's a bit more resilient!
Interesting this incident should come up now as I had a cellist quite distraught in the last few weeks bring me his cello bow, as he had just dropped his & it had shattered in the same place. His bow was likely worth much more though. I told him that while I could repair it by grafting in new wood (under the grip), I don't have Pernambuco wood that I could use (besides it being cancer causing), plus I had other work hanging around my ears, nor the specialised expertise & practice of a bow maker, so I suggested a couple of bow makers around Sydney to see if they would rebuild it (& hopefully for an affordable price). I have done grafts in the past, but not with expensive bows, just ones that didn't really matter if they weren't successful. These accidents happen, but several years ago my son kept picking up my old violin & Pfretzschner bow (despite me telling him to use my CF bow) to just have a play & sure enough, he managed to break it through the head. Thankfully it was where it could be successfully glued & a spline fitted, but now it has been devalued. The bone tip had been replaced several decades ago when I was still studying violin though. I fixed up another violin for him with a CF bow. 😉After revoicing it, it rivalled my old violin in tone. 😄
I have to admit, I did chuckle an "Oh, Sh*t!", when you struck the ceiling, in your demonstration, of the need to be careful. I was not laughing at you. It was just ironic and an even better demonstration than your words could convey. It was also a good demonstration of the need to be aware of your surroundings, in ALL situations. 😁✌🖖
I did my Bow in by hitting my coffee table that was standing right next to me. I lowered my bow after a little practice and it hit the side of the table gently and it exploded lol 😁😱
$800.00 lost for a ceiling fan in the way of the bow. Interesting that it's the frog area that cops the most damage rather than the tip. You'd think it'd be the other way around, but things happen strangely I guess !!
@@Skinny_Karlos exactly! It must have just launched the bow across the room... When I was a kid at school one of the other boys through his German book up into the ceiling fan... It came back down onto the table with an enormous amount of force... The German teacher was less than impressed...
@@AskOlaftheViolinmaker I'll just bet he was less than impressed. In High School I was playing trumpet and pushed the mouthpiece too far in. Long story long, I broke the trumpet trying to get the mouthpiece out. My music teacher was equally unimpressed though it altered my motivation from oral musical instruments to stringed ones so it all evened out I guess.
I wonder what metal instrument you play...I've seen quite extensive accidental damage to tuba bells that had to be repaired also. As Olaf said, be aware of your surroundings
I've hit my guitar and bass headstocks on a ceiling fan more than once. Thankfully, it just resulted in a small dent. I try to be more careful now, and haven't hit a fan in years. 😂😂
Playing under a ceiling fan is no good anyway. Rule 1. Don’t play under a ceiling fan that is blowing air on your instrument. The tone will be very badly affected.
Not only that, it will "chop up" the sound like a fast and hard phasing effect. I can't imagine how you could get anything out of practicing near a fan. 😁✌🖖
@@zapa1pnt No, it won't. If you are right next to the fan and are playing directly into it, then you might get that phasing effect, but that won't happen with a ceiling fan. I also don't see how air blowing gently over your instrument would affect the tone. Maybe if you play in a wind tunnel, but otherwise the claim seems preposterous. I've certainly never heard a difference playing in a room with a ceiling fan on. Edit: You can't even tell the fan is on in her video until the violin's sound dies down and the bow goes flying. That alone refutes these claims. 🤦♂
Sorry guys, I had to upload again... I accidentally deleted a small part of the video before publishing
I have an Albert Nurnberger bow the first Albert nurnberger
I set it on my bed and put away my violin and forgot to put it away after practice. I sat on it and broke it!!
It was a really wide surface area crack and no shops would touch it. As careful as you are mistakes and accidents happen
Hello Olaf! 😊
My bow (I have three) that I use the most is an Eduard Reichert which came with the accompanying violin, and while I don't know it's value I'd be sad to lose it as I'm so used to it and it gives a good sound and is easy for me to use as it's light and weighted and balanced well. I'll keep using it unless I come into some $$ and am able to get a new violin and bow but for now these Reichert's will do me just fine.
- Mark Australia.
A local music store asked me to repair a fine bow-I’d better not reveal the name-and I recklessly agreed to fix it. (Nowadays I would do just as Olaf says.) The bow’s tip was split. I put it back together with cyanoacrylate glue, pinned it and warned the store that the bow should only be used for pit orchestra or practice. No complaints, but I wouldn’t do that again. That bow was a beautiful stick, 19th century and better than the violin it was with.
@@markuswx1322 Strange in a way that the bow can be worth more than the violin (back in those days - now with China and other countries mass producing it's easier to understand) though I guess the sound emanates from the bow and arm of course, so it really is that important to one's overall sound. I would want both, of course, a valuable bow and a valuable violin but short of a massed produced Chinese piece of driftwood for a violin, I'd buy a nice $2000 au, odd value, of a German late 19th early 20th century violin and get a really nice bow. As I said, 'that's where the sound emanates from. Just my opinion - take it or leave it.
- Mark, Australia.
@@Skinny_Karlos I was really speaking of quality rather than price. There are plenty of German factory violins that are fetching a price these days just because they have a bit of age on them, but they could use some serious tonal attention. The bow is another matter. This was a strong, lively stick that could improve anyone’s technique. The stamp was authentic, three stars.
@@markuswx1322 Totally agree. Just a tad less knowledgeable than I might be.
Hi Olaf, did she replace her bow with a brazilwood/Pernambuco or carbon bow. Thanks.
One time I put my bow down on the top of a guitar amplifier head and when I picked it back up, several hairs caught on the rivets of the amp corner and tore out!
Now I NEVER lay the bow down there any more.
So easily done especially when there are stands, microphones etc around. I ruined a good bow by dropping it on its nose onto a hard floor. Never managed to get any repair that held. I use an Arcus now. Carbon fibre's a bit more resilient!
Interesting this incident should come up now as I had a cellist quite distraught in the last few weeks bring me his cello bow, as he had just dropped his & it had shattered in the same place. His bow was likely worth much more though. I told him that while I could repair it by grafting in new wood (under the grip), I don't have Pernambuco wood that I could use (besides it being cancer causing), plus I had other work hanging around my ears, nor the specialised expertise & practice of a bow maker, so I suggested a couple of bow makers around Sydney to see if they would rebuild it (& hopefully for an affordable price). I have done grafts in the past, but not with expensive bows, just ones that didn't really matter if they weren't successful.
These accidents happen, but several years ago my son kept picking up my old violin & Pfretzschner bow (despite me telling him to use my CF bow) to just have a play & sure enough, he managed to break it through the head. Thankfully it was where it could be successfully glued & a spline fitted, but now it has been devalued. The bone tip had been replaced several decades ago when I was still studying violin though.
I fixed up another violin for him with a CF bow. 😉After revoicing it, it rivalled my old violin in tone. 😄
Oh dang :( That hurts 😢
I have to admit, I did chuckle an "Oh, Sh*t!", when
you struck the ceiling, in your demonstration, of the
need to be careful. I was not laughing at you. It was
just ironic and an even better demonstration than
your words could convey. It was also a good demonstration
of the need to be aware of your surroundings, in ALL situations. 😁✌🖖
I did my Bow in by hitting my coffee table that was standing right next to me. I lowered my bow after a little practice and it hit the side of the table gently and it exploded lol 😁😱
That's why arrive Arcus bow ;)
$800.00 lost for a ceiling fan in the way of the bow. Interesting that it's the frog area that cops the most damage rather than the tip. You'd think it'd be the other way around, but things happen strangely I guess !!
@@Skinny_Karlos exactly!
It must have just launched the bow across the room...
When I was a kid at school one of the other boys through his German book up into the ceiling fan...
It came back down onto the table with an enormous amount of force...
The German teacher was less than impressed...
@@AskOlaftheViolinmaker I'll just bet he was less than impressed. In High School I was playing trumpet and pushed the mouthpiece too far in. Long story long, I broke the trumpet trying to get the mouthpiece out. My music teacher was equally unimpressed though it altered my motivation from oral musical instruments to stringed ones so it all evened out I guess.
My heart really felt, for her, when she broke her bow.
That's, almost, as bad as dropping your instrument.
😱😱😱 😁✌🖖
I think I saw her soul leave ger body. This makes me glad that my instrument is made entirely of metal!
Yeah, that hurt. I felt it. 😁✌🖖
I wonder what metal instrument you play...I've seen quite extensive accidental damage to tuba bells that had to be repaired also. As Olaf said, be aware of your surroundings
I play trumpet - and I know that it is quite damageable, but if it bumped into a ceiling fan, it would probably be fine. :)
@christinashelby6083 if you bumped the ceiling fan...you'd be tall 😄
I've hit my guitar and bass headstocks on a ceiling fan more than once. Thankfully, it just resulted in a small dent. I try to be more careful now, and haven't hit a fan in years. 😂😂
2 minutes gang 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂🥳🥳🥳
Olaf, have you ever seen Warren Ellis play? I bet he goes through hundreds of bows
Playing under a ceiling fan is no good anyway. Rule 1. Don’t play under a ceiling fan that is blowing air on your instrument. The tone will be very badly affected.
Not only that, it will "chop up" the sound
like a fast and hard phasing effect. I can't
imagine how you could get anything out
of practicing near a fan. 😁✌🖖
@@zapa1pnt No, it won't. If you are right next to the fan and are playing directly into it, then you might get that phasing effect, but that won't happen with a ceiling fan.
I also don't see how air blowing gently over your instrument would affect the tone. Maybe if you play in a wind tunnel, but otherwise the claim seems preposterous. I've certainly never heard a difference playing in a room with a ceiling fan on.
Edit: You can't even tell the fan is on in her video until the violin's sound dies down and the bow goes flying. That alone refutes these claims.
🤦♂
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