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rocel
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Posts: 56
(8/25/01 1:02:30 pm)
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nice things
happen!
I found a beaten up bow in a junk shop last week, but thought it
seemed like a nice stick, so bought it for £40. I just got it back
from my bow restorer, and it turns out that it is 1930s french, and
worth about £2000!
So I'm having a nice day!
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CelloBass
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Posts: 69
(8/25/01 2:21:40 pm)
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Re: nice things
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Rocel,
Grrrrratulations! I saw that you study in Cologne...
please contact Allianz and take out an insurance policy for your
bow. And don't play Schubert's Arpeggione before you have signed it.
Sounds weird? Here comes my story. 25 years ago I bought a nice
double bass bow at a store that just went bankrupted. I took 5 bows
home to try them, and this one was so much better than the rest that
I bought it. I payed 200$ which was pretty much because I was a
student at that time. I played this bow for 20 years, and because
all bassists who tried it pointed out that it would be a very good
bow, I signed an insurance policy of 750$ for that bow. 2 years ago
I practised Schubert's Arpeggione (yes, there is a bass version).
Suddenly I heard a 'tic', and the bow had broken at its tip. I
played just normally, no heavy spiccato  I took it
to my luthier and he told me that a bow can't be repaired when it is
broken at its tip. And he gave me some information about my bow. I
thought that two stars on a bow mean medium quality, and I thought
it were a nickel-silver-bow. My luthier told me that 2 stars mean
highest quality, and that it was a real and very good silver bow, at
least 2000$ worth. It was a Matthias Thoma. Well... I had this
insurance, and I got 750$, but of course I wasn't able to buy
another bow of the same quality at this price. The wood of old bows
sometimes gets dry and hard, and sometimes they crack even when
played just normally.
PS. I think Allianz is the only
company in Germany that offers insurances for musicians. The fee is
3% per year of the value of the instrument/bow. It is not cheap, but
in my case they payed at once, without asking stupid questions about
who was sitting on my bow etc.
Have you already tried it? How does it play?
Horst
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rocel
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Posts: 57
(8/25/01 4:31:51 pm)
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Re: nice things
happen!
It actually plays beautifully- The bow that I normally play is a
tubbs and weighs 84 grams- this one is only 74, but is so
beautifully balanced, it seems almost as strong... I'm still feeling
rather smug! ( and must get it insured- thanks for reminding me!)
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Tracie
Price 
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Posts: 596
(8/25/01 8:48:16
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broken
bows
Breaking a bow is horrible, I've done it twice. 
However, you should know that they certainly CAN be
repaired, I've had mine done, and I know Ryan has several great bows
that have been repaired and play as well as ever. You just have to
make sure you find a really good bow person to do it. You do, of
course, lose a bunch of the historical value of the bow, but if you
value it for it's playing ability, then the repair is a good idea.
At least you can play on it again!
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me4cello
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Posts: 139
(8/28/01 3:02:25 am)
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Re: broken
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I'll second that Tracie, I had my bow pinned at the tip after it
broke in similar circumstances last year, it plays as good as ever,
but isn't worth much any more - not that I wanted to sell it anyway.
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Paul
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Posts: 1503
(8/28/01 6:15:42 pm)
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September 26 -
8PM UPN!!!!
Oh...different broken bow...
Kates bemoaned the fact that
during a rehearsal with 2 other cellists, the tip of his Tourte bow
snapped off! Yikes, his poor Montagnana, Tourte-less!  !
Paul Tseng
My Website
Free Cello
Music!
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CelloBass
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Posts: 75
(8/28/01 7:22:02 pm)
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Re: September 26
- 8PM UPN!!!!
Hi all,
thanks a lot for your encouraging words about my
bow. My luthier told me that the repair costs and the value of the
bow would be in the same range, and he mentioned that it would be
unreliable which means that I should expect that it will break again
- at the tip. However, I could imagine that a small metal pin could
work perfectly. I don't know why he didn't even mention that
possiblity. I still have that bow and I will definitely ask another
luthier. I found some bow makers in the Internet, one of them sent
me some bows for trial when I was looking for a new one. Maybe it is
more difficult to repair because it is a bass bow, German bass bows
are tensed much more than cello bows, else the stick would touch the
hair or the strings when playing fffortissimo.
Horst
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