Hello everybody,
my teacher sometimes lets me use her rosin if I forget taking my own to the lesson. The chunk of rosin my teacher uses (Kolstein soft) is soft and easy to apply, whereas mine (of the same brand, bought later than hers) is rock hard compared to hers.
When I asked the same shop my teacher uses, for soft rosin, the man behind the counter asked me, "Soft rosin, huh? Never saw one." But I know that for example the Pops packet reads, "is necessarily soft and will run when left in a tilted position. I am sure the specimens sold in these shops would not run even left upside down for a week.
This little Scandinavian capital city has four music shops selling string instrument accessories. This week, I visited all of them and asked to try the rosins they have available. All of the rosins - Pops, Kolstein, Pirastro and some fourth make - were the same as mine, more like once-melted sugar than the soft nice substance my teacher has.
I told this to my teacher, and she said that if even the shop which she uses doesn't have fresh rosin any more, she can't help me and will herself be in trouble when her packet runs out.
So, where could I find the kind of rosin I'm looking for? Is there a Internet dealer willing to ship to this European backcountry, or a European rosin maker I could ask firsthand?
Yours,
Maksim
my teacher sometimes lets me use her rosin if I forget taking my own to the lesson. The chunk of rosin my teacher uses (Kolstein soft) is soft and easy to apply, whereas mine (of the same brand, bought later than hers) is rock hard compared to hers.
When I asked the same shop my teacher uses, for soft rosin, the man behind the counter asked me, "Soft rosin, huh? Never saw one." But I know that for example the Pops packet reads, "is necessarily soft and will run when left in a tilted position. I am sure the specimens sold in these shops would not run even left upside down for a week.
This little Scandinavian capital city has four music shops selling string instrument accessories. This week, I visited all of them and asked to try the rosins they have available. All of the rosins - Pops, Kolstein, Pirastro and some fourth make - were the same as mine, more like once-melted sugar than the soft nice substance my teacher has.
I told this to my teacher, and she said that if even the shop which she uses doesn't have fresh rosin any more, she can't help me and will herself be in trouble when her packet runs out.
So, where could I find the kind of rosin I'm looking for? Is there a Internet dealer willing to ship to this European backcountry, or a European rosin maker I could ask firsthand?
Yours,
Maksim
