Recent content by Andrew Albright

I tighten my bow just to the point where the hair appears to "focus", then one half-turn tighter. When I loosen it, I go the same distance the other way: just to the point where the hair starts to lossen, then a half-turn further. If the hair still touches the stick when you play, tighten it...

Back in the 70's my father bought a small (5/8?) bass from Dave Horine at the Bass Viol Shop in Cincinnati. It was stamped "The Curtis Institute" on the heel of the neck and on the lower bout adjacent to the endpin. At the time, we were told it had been sold by Curtis in a fundraiser sometime in...