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 Suddenly a broken bowJanuary 25, 2006 at 11:37 AM During an orchestral rehearsal of the 4th symfony of Nielsen (rare piece I like that) yesterday, I suddenly got hair over my violin. First I thought I broke a string, but that makes more noise. It was my bow of 225 euro, I bought some months ago, that was broken. I didn't play forte, but a piano tremolo or a slow note. But I had another reserve bow so I could play further. From Ben Clapton
Oooh, tough break.
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 12:39 PM From John Taylor
Was it a chinese bow?I once saw the same happen during a rehearsal and the bow was a cheapo chinese one!
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 1:50 PM From Bill _
I like Bram's nonchalant way of expression in english; the show must go on!
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 2:15 PM From Bill _
Send it my way and I'll epoxy it for you :-)
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 2:16 PM From Carley Anderson
Oooooohhh! That is PAINFUL to look at! too bad....
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 4:52 PM From Jonathan Frohnen
Bram, your pictures are always so pretty! Even this one turned out beautiful!
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 5:04 PM From Bram Heemskerk
It is a scan on my work during the middaybreak, where I also scan my rare violinconcerto's. I got a reaction from Joseph Gold about a letter of de Sarasate, who said that he liked Lalo op.20 violinconcerto in F major more than Lalo's Symf.Espagn.
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 5:33 PM From Jonathan Frohnen
Joseph is great, I'm great friends with him. He's also my neighbor!
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 5:46 PM From Nat Little
Isn't he a Heifetz student?
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 9:35 PM From Jonathan Frohnen
Heifetz, Shapiro, Galamian...etc...he has tons of great stories
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 9:53 PM From Jonathan Frohnen
Actually come to think...I'm not sure about Galamian...I'd have to double check ;-) I'm sure about the other two
Posted on January 25, 2006 at 10:12 PM From Danielle Gauthier
I've had the exact same thing happen to a bow...looked a lot like that. of course, i broke mine trying to prove that, given the right skill, a wooden bow could beat a carbon fiber one. I lost.
Posted on January 26, 2006 at 12:45 AM From Pauline Lerner
Your photo is very good, but the message it conveys is very painful. I don't relate to euros. Was your bow cheap or expensive?
Posted on January 26, 2006 at 9:24 AM From Bram Heemskerk
I found the ticket. I bought it 12-8-04 for 220 euro. 1dollar is 1,30 euro, so it was a cheap bow of 170 dollar. It was not a foto, but a scan from Scanjet 5300C HP on my work near my computer. After my work I will visit the violin-maker and than again an orchestra rehearsal with the 1th celloconcerto op. 46 of Henri Vieuxtemps with my reserve or new bow.
Posted on January 26, 2006 at 11:46 AM From Jim W. Miller
Aliphatic resin glue, prime each side to avoid a dry join, align perfectly, clamp moderately using leather pads. Don't touch it for a week. Sell on Ebay for 3x what you paid for it. Haa. My gut feeling is it'll hold if you do a good job. If you want, reinforce it with a thin screw then file the head off with a dremel tool. It'll rock.
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