Isn't it nice when things just work?

June 15, 2006 at 2:53 PM

Honda make some amazing ads, one of which is the Honda Accord ad known as "Cogs" (Take a view of it Here.

Basically, it's a complicated chain reaction of events all made by parts of the Honda Accord. Apparently it took 606 takes to shoot, and uses no computer generated animation. It ends with the line "Isn't it nice when things just work."

That's kinda how I feel with my trying out of new bows. As you know, I've been trying out some bows for a while - a JonPaul Avanti which I was keen on at first, but started to be not so enthusiastic about as I played with it. Last night, I got four bows to try out from the dealer my teacher goes to. They were all very nice bows, three older and one newer. Probably all of them Pernambuco, and all well within my price range. They were a variety of sticks - two round, two octaganal. One shorter than the others, one heavier than the others. One had a rather interesting screw (non-standard, it had more a panel that made it easier to grip).

I was told to be in the Carpark by the stage door at the Perth Concert Hall for 6pm (Makes it sound kinda like a Drug deal). I was taken into the greenroom while my teacher was on a break from rehearsals and tried out the bows. I tried all four with a fairly open mind. I was attracted to the two octaganal sticks. I played them a bit more, just really fiddling around. I was cautious to play out too much as there were many people around outside that I admired, so I was a bit sub-conscious. I took the four away to try at home.

Today, I got the chance to really try them out. I tried a number of bowing patterns out on Kreutzer 2 with all of the bows, listening to the sound and feeling how each bow reacted. Again, I was attracted to the two octagonal sticks. I started playing some of my pieces that I am learning, listening for the sound more carefully. I eventually decided on the heavier bow, finding it more stable in my hand and producing a louder tone.

And you know what? I remember when I first picked it up in my hands, and I noticed the heavier bow I thought to myself "I'm not sure about this" - I wasn't sure whether I needed a heavy bow. But when I put it to the strings, it just felt right, and it just worked. When I tried it out more thoroughly, again, it just worked. It did everything I wanted to, and I knew that this would be the bow almost from the first time I played it.

I have been looking for a new bow since the beginning of semester - around late February. It seems odd to me that this bow turns up and within a day I have decided. I guess it was worth waiting for.

From Linda Lerskier
Posted on June 16, 2006 at 9:17 PM

Great! btw that commericial is awesome!

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