How to Measure the Balance Point of a Bow 

How to measure the Balance Point of a violin, viola, cello, double bass bow by Master Bow Maker Gilles Nehr.
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Here the list of information about your bow(s) you should write in the comments below:
1) Balance Point to Frog at its resting position
2) Instrument (violin, viola, cello, double bass)
3) Style (Baroque, Classical, Tête-bêche, ...)
4) Weight of the bow
5) Material of the frog (ebony, ... )
6) Metal (nickel, maillechort, silver, gold)
7) If there is some metal lining on top of the frog
8) Button in 3 pieces or plain (plain = you only see metal on the outside)
9) Winding type (silk, silver on silk, silver wire, ...)
10) Maker (country of origin, brand)
11) Date of when the bow was made
Gilles Nehr has restored and rehaired on regular basis bows from Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Augustin Dumay, Jian Wang, Kolja Blacher, Julian Steckel, Alina Pogostkina, Nicolas Altstaedt, Vilde Frang, Mi-Kyung Lee, Ulf Wallin, Guy Ben-Ziony and many more.
Gilles Nehr was the exclusive caretaker of the Juilliard School bow collection in New York City.
Website: www.gillesnehr...​