New Academic Year – New String Instrument Beginning For Your Students As we approach the time of year when a number of new students will start their journey, and progress their learning of a bowed-string instrument. It’s good to be reminded of the many accessories available that help students of all ages, achieve their…
Arcus bows – What do the different letters mean? Arcus bows are divided in 4 different categories, depending on their characteristics: Arcus S-series bows The Arcus S-series bows are the lightest and strongest of the Arcus bows. Their sound is big, brilliant, powerful and round, but more bright than warm. They are the perfect…
Musing bows – Thumb Position & Frog Style Some of the musing bows have an option of either a Classic (traditional) frog or a modern frog. What is the difference? Modern Style Frog: For a thumb position on the leather and before the frog, the taller frontal area of the frog delivers an especially comfortable hold.…
We often get asked what the difference is between Evah Pirazzi Violin strings and Evah Pirazzi Gold Violin strings? We put the questions to Pirastro and here is their answer: This is a good question, mostly because the strings are, except for the name, quite different. Description of the violin strings: The Evah Pirazzi violin…
Thomastik-Infeld are delighted to report their Versum cello strings are proving popular with leading cellists since their launch at the beginning of 2016. Versum strings feature steel core and multialloy wound A and D strings and spiral core, tungsten/chrome wound G and C strings. In keeping with the complete Thomastik-Infeld string range, they are handmade…
The new Yamaha YEV-104 Electric Violin took the honours this week at the MIA Awards for the Best Bowed product The product looks amazing in a two tone finish – either Black or Natural The Judges comments were: ” we praised the contemporary elegant styling, 5 layered body and framework and the extremely high quality…
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