Everything about the fiddle, including the thickness of the wood, is a determinant of the sound. But you don’t get any sound at all unless you have rosin on the bow. Mr. Macarthur explains that the ...

A team of paramedics who responded to a routine call about a senior who had fallen ended up striking up an unlikely friendship with a spry 85-year-old in need of a new bow for his fiddle. The B.C.

He can tell that it will soon be time to re-hair the bow. LeFort has been repairing fiddler's bows for several years. "Bows just capture me somehow, I'm not exactly sure how to describe it," he said.

FROM CARD: "COPY OF A VIOLIN AND BOW. A PART OF THE "SARABAND" INDIAN FESTIVAL BAND. THE BACK AND BELLY ARE OF THIN LAY WOOD OR CEDER. THEY ARE BOTH SLIGHTLY ARCHED. THE RIBS ARE OF A LIGHT COLORED ...

Everyone knows that a great violin can be worth a fortune, that instruments made by Stradivari, Amati and Guarneri are works of art unto themselves. But what of the bows, those long slender sticks … ...