What bow would you like?

October 18, 2022, 12:09 PM · The one that will make play me like Heifetz or Milstein. Seriously, I suppose a nice Sartory, the one that Ysaye used, would do.

Edited: October 18, 2022, 1:07 PM · I play a Hill that is perhaps wasted on me, but the name didn't have any particular meaning to me when I tried it. Instead, I picked it up, put it to my violin, and it coyly whispered in my ear, "baby, I want to be yours, but it won't be cheap".

Hill was a big company anyway, so my Malcolm Taylor bow probably has little do with some other maker from the outfit.

I would be curious to try other bows just to see what they do or don't.

October 18, 2022, 1:36 PM · Haven't yet got around to the royalty among that group-- so the jury is still out.

I do recall 10 minutes with a Peccatte, though, which worked magic on an intermittently great but insanely picky violin. Back when such things cost $6,000.

Edited: October 19, 2022, 9:21 AM · My Charles Peccatte bow has been my arm and shoulder " saviour" for the last 21 years.We' re playing Mendelssohns' Elijah this week with all it's nasty bowing issues.Its just so much easier to endure this piece with a good stick in your right hand.
As for a " dream" bow,a dealer lent me a Pajeot, Henry and Simon bow for the weekend.The Charles Peccatte was kind of close to them except the Henry which towered over everything.

October 18, 2022, 6:12 PM · As long as we’re fantasizing, I will take one of each!

October 18, 2022, 8:12 PM · That's a great idea John, but why not take 10 of each ;), and the tortoiseshell and ivory mounted ones too

October 18, 2022, 9:23 PM · A Dominique Peccatte, but my teacher tells me that I'd like a Kittel. I've never had opportunity to try one.

October 18, 2022, 11:28 PM · I briefly played an FX Tourte before. Based on the sound alone, it's the one to die for. The gold Sartory side by side was inferior, though it's still a heck of a bow, well balanced and strong, with crisp articulation.