Bow Weights

[Quizzo515]

How heavy are the bows (particularly french) that you use. My teacher plays with somewhere around 150 grams. He also has a flatback that i hibernate in in the winter.

[olivier]

135 g, unsigned Augagneur & Bergerron (low end)

[Rob W]

I prefer lighter bows.

I have:

Prochownik french (Sartory model) - 127g
Prochownik french (standard model) - 133g
Reid Hudson french (Vigneron copy) - 130g
Prochownik german - 123g

[David Kaczorowski]

Charles Bazin- 146 grams
Kolstein-- 136 grams

[Pete G]

Reid Hudson, 135.5.

For the first few months I had this bow, I thought that what I really wanted was a heavier bow. But the more I've played it, the more I've come to appreciate what the bow can do (way more than I'll ever be able to make it do).

In any case, I suspect that I'd always prefer a good light bow to any kind of heavier bow.

However, a bad heavy bow might be less bad that a bad light bow -- though I'm just guessing there.