How to Rehair a Violin Bow - Part 2 of 4: Making the First Knot [HD] 

Your humor is awesome

I have been rehairing and repairing bows for 35 years. These videos are interesting, to see how others do the same work. The process of rehairing bows can be approached in a variety of ways. It does not matter how each step is done as long as the end result is satisfactory. I learned originally to rehair frog to tip, that’s how my teacher did it. Initially I thought I caught on quickly, had false sense of competency. Then when I started working in a shop, the pressure was on, it was pretty grim. There were a number of things working against me, I was trying to use poor hair, most of the bows I was doing were poor quality, among my other things. The thing that made the biggest difference for me was to start over and learn to do the job tip to frog,. Everything just works better for me this way. I’ve watched other videos and the way some people do this just scares me. Some of them put the bow stick and frog in danger because of the way they do things. The last thing we want to do is break the bow.

I am from the US but, my friend, we share the same passion. Thank u for your video. I was lost making my bow. Now I have a compass.

Marvelous! Entertaining! Your tutorial is a delight and an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your gift of knowledge, expertise and refinement.

I love your sense of humor!👍

Thank you very much.

Thank you for these videos. I want to attempt to make a homemade talharpa, and this information is really useful for figuring out how to make the bow.

Not only are your videos extremely informative they are very amusing as well...many thanks I have learned a great deal from you.

Excellent, I enjoyed it so much. Thank you. I learned a lot.

Thank you, maestro 🎉

Bellissimi i video Grazie!

Thank you very much. After watching your video, I was able to change bow hair perfectly. very happy about this. Thank yoh

The rosin scene was so satisfying

Thank you very much Maestro! We are waiting for new videos! Sincerely! Subscribed to your channel!

Your funny, thanks for the video

Thank you very verymuch!

Hahahaha... you have a good sense of humor.

"I refuse" hahahaha

My passion is *****

what if I dip the end knot of the hair in a molten rosin?

Beautiful work. I learned a lot from your video. How do you decide the amount of hair for smaller violin bows such as 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 etc.?

Gilles how often must a violin bow be rehaired? Does it wear out from age? Is cleaning the hair with denatured alcohol recommended?

What is the name of the tool you use to know how much hair you need?

Where do you get this gold thread?

Ah, but I love 'superglue'. ;)

5.4g for violin regardless of hair thickness ?? Thanks first.