Last Day with my bow... I think

May 19, 2006 at 1:02 AM

Yep, today should be the last day with my bow. Tomorrow I'm going to try out some Jon Paul carbon fibre bows, which I've heard good reviews of on here, and also the dealer that I'm going to recommends them as well. Hopefully on Monday my teacher will bring me some bows that he was having sent up from his dealer for me to try out, and hopefully on Monday as well there should be some more bows for me to try at my workplace, including a Coda Conservatory.

It brings me to try and think back over what this bow has brought me through. It got me through Secondary examinations and got me into Conservatory, it got me into the youth orchestra, and gave me a music scholarship for the final two years of secondary school. And really, it's not that good a bow. I got it for about $250 (i think), and it's never really been that great a bow. I don't know who it's made by, and have no idea what type of wood it is. But back then, I was a naïve string player who thought the bow didn't make any difference. Now I know more and am looking for the bow with the best playability that I can afford.

One of my peers has said that I shouldn't go with Carbon Fibre because it won't go up in value. This may be true, but I don't really see the point. I'm not buying the bow in order to make money from it valuing. I'm buying the bow in order for it to be played. If a carbon fibre bow within my price range can give me the playability of a pernambuco bow far beyond my price range, then I'll get the carbon fibre bow.

Anyway, tomorrow I shall be entering a new phase of my playing life. As the old saying goes "Today is the first day of the rest of your life."

From Pieter Viljoen
Posted on May 19, 2006 at 1:20 AM

In that price range, who cares if you're going to make money by the bow appreciating.

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on May 20, 2006 at 4:48 AM

Correction: Ben, your bow didn't get you to all those places. You did. Congratulations on all your accomplishments. I'm sure you'll have many more.

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