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Double Bass Prochownik bows

#61
Stan Haskins said:
Not necessarily true, as China keeps the value of its currency artificially deflated - it's a "nationalized" economy.
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This US dollar to Chinese Yuan chart shows a different story. While there is competitive devaluation of currencies around the world, the US dollar's decline dwarfs all the rest.

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All economies around the world are nationalized, unfortunately. Think about the FED's bailouts.
 
#64
I just spent some time with Z.P. and tried his latest bows: WOW!!!

Especially one of the bows was just like a whip. Sadly I don't have the cash at the moment.

I saw him tuning the bows too, very interesting.

Pernambuco is becoming hard to get and he has found some wonderful alternatives, one of them is massaranduba (sp?), this wood will produce slightly heavier bows, which is good news for those of you who liked his bows but found them too light.
 
#65
Dr Rod said:
I just spent some time with Z.P. and tried his latest bows: WOW!!!

Especially one of the bows was just like a whip. Sadly I don't have the cash at the moment.

I saw him tuning the bows too, very interesting.

Pernambuco is becoming hard to get and he has found some wonderful alternatives, one of them is massaranduba (sp?), this wood will produce slightly heavier bows, which is good news for those of you who liked his bows but found them too light.
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I wonder what's going on with my bow? Lately I've seen little splinters forming on the stick, I should call him.
 
#67
I just had my ZP french bow rehaired. My bow had been doing the rounds before I bought it and had been rehaired in a manner that did not please Mr. Prochownik. He sent me two hanks of his best Canadian white hair. Ward Hansen told me that this was excellent hair and was curious as to where ZP sourced it. He also weighed the bow for me and it came in at 136g.

BTW: for Chicago folks needing bow rehairs, I highly recommend Ward Hansen who is in the Fine Arts Building.
 
#69
Resurrecting an old thread.

Has anyone played the Prochownik purpleheart bows?

The first time I played mine (126g French bow), the principal cellist in our orchestra came up and asked me if I was playing a new bass - I sounded so much better. As I was auditioning it, it sounded to my ear (from behind the bass) to be a little quieter than my other bow, but had more clarity, and more articulation (and certainly was lighter and easier to play on Beethoven's 9th than my previous 150g bow). I played both bows for the cellist and he said the Prochownik was actually louder out front, projected more, and had a fuller sound with more upper frequency harmonic content.
 
#70
I have been amazed with his purpleheart and masarandouba bows. They both sound amazing. Super articulate, no mud, and yet very aggressive low end as well.


Russell Bergum said:
Resurrecting an old thread.

Has anyone played the Prochownik purpleheart bows?

The first time I played mine (126g French bow), the principal cellist in our orchestra came up and asked me if I was playing a new bass - I sounded so much better. As I was auditioning it, it sounded to my ear (from behind the bass) to be a little quieter than my other bow, but had more clarity, and more articulation (and certainly was lighter and easier to play on Beethoven's 9th than my previous 150g bow). I played both bows for the cellist and he said the Prochownik was actually louder out front, projected more, and and a fuller sound with more upper frequency harmonic content.
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