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03-09-2005, 11:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York, New York | | | Wrap Thingy, I can't remember
The guy who does my bow rehairing will put on a piece of like rubber tubing stuff (sorry for the amazing description) that covers the portion of the bow where the frog meets the stick to cushion the thumb. Well, he recently retired and closed shop. Does anyone know where I can get one of these, because I seem to have gotten rid of all of them in one of my cleaning rampages. You would be an absolute life saver.
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03-10-2005, 03:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Luton, England | | | slava have them I think.
How do they help? |
03-10-2005, 04:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Paris, France | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by EFischer1 The guy who does my bow rehairing will put on a piece of like rubber tubing stuff (sorry for the amazing description) that covers the portion of the bow where the frog meets the stick to cushion the thumb. Well, he recently retired and closed shop. Does anyone know where I can get one of these, because I seem to have gotten rid of all of them in one of my cleaning rampages. You would be an absolute life saver. | It's latex tubing, available in various sizes (diameter) in medical supply stores. |
03-10-2005, 12:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York, New York | | | Thats exactly it! Thanks so much for correcting my mind lapse. |
03-10-2005, 09:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ft. Worth, TX | | | Those things can be hard to get on, a little talcum powder on the inside of the tubing will help. Roll it into a ball or shape of a doughnut once you've got it on (if that makes any sense), then push it further down the stick where you want it.
Julie
Last edited by Julie : 03-10-2005 at 09:24 PM.
Reason: website posted has wrong dimension size for bass bows
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03-10-2005, 10:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York, New York | | | Thanks. I've been using them for years so I definately understand what you're talking about. I recently took mine off as an experiment and lost it! Thanks though. |
05-04-2005, 10:58 AM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | |  Tubing
Ok, I want some and a local Bow maker wants some for Bass Bows as well.. Where can I get this stuff?? |
05-04-2005, 12:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | When I was in Augusta, the legit cat I was studying with had something on his (French) bow that was like surgical tubing, but it had a little circular "dimple" where you're thumb would go. Anybody else seen anything like that?
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05-07-2005, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith Where can I get this stuff?? | A medical supply house. Gee, I thought by now you'd be on a first-name basis with those guys. 
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05-07-2005, 09:09 PM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | |  Medical Supply House?
What makes you think I need Medical Supplies Don?.. I hardly ever need a Doctor?.. I'm the healthy type.. Most Visits were when I was doing Martial Arts... Bruised Ribs, Broken Toe, You know.. That 'macho' stuff guys do after work instead of watching 'Wheel of Fortune'.. Actually I did prefer watching Vanna White than getting kicked in the face by one of the instructors on Sparring Night...Lol.. Funny, but true.. or.. Sad, but true.. |
05-08-2005, 12:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Flower Mound, TX. USA | | I saw a rubber tubing like thing on some children's cello bows recently. They had dimples for each finger. I assume to encourage proper bow hold. I'll ask them where they got them next time I play with the children's orchestra.
Looks like what I saw: http://instruments.onlineclassical.c...rip_Large.html
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05-08-2005, 05:56 AM
| | | | Lemurmusic has them although I feel the wall of the latex tubing are too thick. The hollow diamet is just right for most bows.
I am trying to contact a medical supply house in germany. The have what I want , something called silk latex. A softer, kinder latex. Problem is they sell it in 15 meter spools. So who wants some??? |
05-08-2005, 05:58 AM
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What lemur has is just plain lengths of surgical tubing.
One might also try an aquarium supply store. Or Dennis Roy of BSO used an airhose from a car. Go figure |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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