Feb 25, 2016 | Maintenance
How NOT To Break Your Violin Bow | Violin Lounge TV #221 In my violin shop I sometimes throw away a trash can full of bows. Of course that’s a waste! That’s why I’m making this video: I want to explain how to keep your bow in a good state and enjoy...
Nov 17, 2015 | Maintenance
This episode is all about rosin! Without rosin your bow doesn’t make a sound, as the horse hair will silently slide over the string. Rosin is an important detail of your violin or viola playing. How to rosin your violin or viola bow? If you rosin too little, the...
Jun 19, 2014 | Maintenance
How To Rosin Your Violin or Viola Bow This video is about how to rosin your bow. It’s personal how often and how much you rosin your bow. Some people rosin a little, but often. Some people rosin a lot when they do, but they don’t rosin often. Some people (like me)...
May 14, 2014 | Maintenance
How To Clean Your Violin or Viola Bow Clean the stick with a dry cloth Tighten your bow, put a clean dry cloth between the wood (or carbon) and hair and wipe the rosin remains of. This is enough to do weekly and keep your bow nice and clean. If you want to clean your...
Mar 18, 2014 | Maintenance
How (much) To Tighten Your Violin or Viola Bow In my violin shop I need to throw away violin and viola bows very often. They are not useable anymore and worthless. Why? Because people tighten their bow too much when they play and lots of times forget to loosen it when...
