EMTV Ep 23 - How to Handle Loose Bow Hairs 

This is genius! I had one single bow hair that was loose, and it was SO cool how it just raised back up! It felt like magic, haha. Thanks so much for this video.

After spending hours rosining and re-rosining and trying to figure out why my (new, and cheap) bow sounded so inconsistent, I stumbled across this video and it was so helpful. I didn't realize that the hairs were getting crossed due to some being longer/looser, which is so obvious now but I'm totally new to the erhu and bowed instruments that I didn't even think about it. I was able to fix the longer hairs with the lighter method and now it at least sounds consistent so I can resume practicing. Thank you :)

Oh my god thank you so much, I bought a violin in 1st grade, barely ever touched it, still brand new, somehow the bow hair got loose and I tried the lighter trick and just wow. I'm so happy.

Me theory is that the exposure to heat actually causes a chemical reaction within the bow string itself causing it to shrink. therefore, the slack is removed as a result. Of course a potential issue with this is that it might cause the bow strings to become weaker as a result.

I just tried this and it worked. You guys are great! AMAZING WORK!!!

My violin bow also has this problem, so thank you for this video!!

Thank you! Very helpful.

Thank you so much. This was helpful.

I've looked everywhere, but I have never found a video (or any other information) on how to tension the erhu bow so that it's not too loose or too tight.

Thanku so much 🤗

Thank you

I was skeptical at first, but damn this lighter trick worked like magic. Now im gonna be carrying a lighter in my violin case.

Just got my first violin for xmas and the strings came loose!! (Like they already were) so this was FANTASTIC

Will you guys do a video on how to mic the Erhu...

thank you very much!! can you also make a video how to raise new bow hair of a beiing- bow (i guess...)? I cannot find anything to this! thanks!

Thanks that's help me too much ❤️

I play violin and my bow hairs accidentally became lose, Is this applicable of violin? Im actually scared to to it...

hi.. do you have any video about changing the old hair (re-hair) the bow with the new hair set using the same bow stick?

I have been considering buying an Erhu for many months now and the only thing keeping me from confidently buying one is the lack of erhu management/repair shops here. Since I live near the middle of the US it's very rare to see any foreign instruments nor any businesses that specialise in those instruments, so I'm concerned about how little options I have if something happens to the erhu. Any ideas or recommendations on what I should do? Also I love your videos and I know they will help me plenty when I finally make the purchase! :3

Hi I tried this but it's keep on loosening after playing violin

What do I do if a hair is hanging off the bow?

What if it’s loose on the outer string part of the bow

Hairdryer is much better

It was hard for me to understand because I’m not use to the accent 😭

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