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05-19-2005, 02:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: portland, oregon | | | Dont hate on the Glasser!
Jimmy, I may be the only person in the world who actually LIKES Glasser bows. I think that they work as well or better than most under-$500 sticks I've seen. My old Glasser will do everything that my Pfretzschner or my Hannings & Rubino will. It doesn't sound as good, but it is very functional. Save your pennies for a new stick, but you can learn a lot with what you have.
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11-10-2005, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: London, UK | | | re the requiem
KSB..
(sorry, mega tardy... )
to be honest i didnt find it too bad; im used to baroque and fairly good at knowing what to play and what to leave to the cello, eg recits, etc. the leaping around positionwork was a bit interesting, but overall i didnt find it too bad! |
12-09-2005, 02:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA USA | | | re: G. Werner in North America
http://www.violins.on.ca/brichtwern.html
Luscombe Violins, Ontario, Canada, who I have ordered some other supplies from sells the G. Werner bows. The prices /materials would indicate that these are for serious students. Alas, Luscombe shows none with German frogs.
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12-09-2005, 03:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Liberty, Missouri | |
I really like my Knilling bow. the stick is a little warped and looks well used, but it really does have good handling.....I also have a german bow that I do not know the brand, but it is definitley my powerhouse bow. I can actually compete with Tuba's and french horns with it. I switch between Jade and Pirastro and have found an okay balance. I really need to expand my bow horizons a little( well a lot). |
12-10-2005, 09:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago, IL | | | I played the most godly bow tonight....
It is a 1905 (IIRC) Vigneron (I am certain that was the name). Absolutely unbelievable. Of course I was playing it with an incredible old Italian bass built in the mid 18th century (exact maker unknown). Then I played it with another bass, a Vincenzo Panormo (sp?). The unknown Italian was better IMHO.
I need to get some pictures of this stuff at tomorrow's concert. There are some old local guys who play with the Princeton University Orchestra. Even KSB would be envious of their stuff.
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12-18-2005, 12:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | The best bow I've ever picked up was a previous-generation Dolling made by the father guy (I think) who's dead now. My stand partner in the CCCO a couple years back had it, and he got it back in the 60's. Greatest bow I've ever picked up. And I mean, I went to Lemur once and tried their entire bow drawer. I told the guy if he ever wanted to sell it to call me, but I dont think that'll ever happen. The tragedy of it all. I'm playing on a Durrschmidt right now which is pretty nice but...man, you know, when you pick up a $3000 bow, and it plays Beethoven's 5th for you? *sigh* Is it unfair of me to judge a bow almost entirely on how that excerpt comes off on it? I always find myself doing that.
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12-18-2005, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JayR man, you know, when you pick up a $3000 bow, and it plays Beethoven's 5th for you? | I think the Vigneron that I played is worth over $10,000. Well... all I was told was that it is worth more than my bass. I wouldn't say it played for me.. but it made achieving a good sound much easier.
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12-18-2005, 04:11 PM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | |  Great Bows..
Here is a link to some of the great makers of yesteryear. This is in no way a complete list but does give an idea as to how they developed. I have been fortunate enough to have owned and played Bows from some of these greats and currently own a Bultitude which in my experience and opinion will move up the ranks of great makers as time goes on. He is only gone for 15 years now but his prices have already surpassed the likes or Morizot and other known French makers. Link; http://www.wps.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/...kers.htm#PARIS |
12-18-2005, 05:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Knoxville | | | Hope your right as I had the good fortune to aquire a Bultitude recently. Wonderful bow!
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12-22-2005, 12:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | | Coda Revelation
I <3 my new CodaBow. It rocks...
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