Bow Re-hair and Repair

As an extension to your instrument, it's  important to keep your bow well maintained. The cost of re-hairing your bow is very reasonable and it can be performed quickly by us and back to you by the following day,  while also allowing us to evaluate the bow for any problems that might have gone undetected. Some of these items  include worn leather grip, cracks, frog problems,  silver winding ,tip, etc.   A quick evaluation by our shop will keep your bow in its best working condition and allow you to get the perfomance from your bow and instrument that it deserves.

Lynn Hannings, a Maine-based bow maker, believes that the amount of hair really needed in a bow can be deceptive. “Players think that the more hair you have in there, the better. But the best possible sound comes from the smallest amounts of hair. Other-wise, you’re deadening the sound with layers and layers of hair.” Hanning emphasizes that for the student and professional alike, regular rehairs are an especially good idea for players living in a harsh climate. “The length of bow hair I would use for winter is much different than a rehair I do for summer. For winter I size it long, giving it the opportunity to shrink without doing damage to the stick. In spring I do the opposite, sizing on the short size, because I know that it’s going to be hot and muggy before too long, which will stretch the hair out.”