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NewsViolinist, aged 10, expelled from school for carrying knife for ‘trimming bow hairs’
The student’s parents have requested that a judge overturn the expulsion to prevent ‘defamatory stigma’
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Blogs
Making a bow - from start to finish
French bow maker Roch Petitdemange is filmed by Baptiste Buob while making a violin bow at the Museum of Violin and Bow Making in Mirecourt. Watch Baptiste Buob's film of violin maker Dominique Nicosia making an instrument in Mirecourt - a revealing half-hour insight into the complicated ...
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News
Violinist Yosuke Kawasaki wins appeal against $120,000 border fine
The National Arts Centre Orchestra concertmaster was fined by the Canadian Border Services Agency for bringing an expensive violin and bows into the country
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News
Switzerland eases import regulations for musical instruments containing ivory – will the US follow suit?
The League of American Orchestras is attempting to renegotiate transportation rules as part of a larger CITES shake-up
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News
Beijing Customs commits to stamping out the importation of illegal ivory
The Chinese government also plans to cease the processing and domestic sale of ivory
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Article
Student creates 3D-printed violin bow
Following hot on the heels of recent experiments by Monad Studios to create a 3D-printed violin and a 3D-printed cello , a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art in the US has created a 3D-printed violin bow. Austin Peppel is interested in recreating the sound ...
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Focus
How to master bow speed and distribution
Physicists think of time and space as aspects of the same thing. Gerald Fischbach applies the same theory to bow division
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Blogs
Playing with gut strings and a period bow refines your awareness of sound
Chiaroscuro Quartet second violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí explains why the ensemble chooses to perform entirely on period set-ups
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News
A bow hair disaster
A violinist is taken by surprise when the majority of her bow hair suddenly detaches from the point - midway through a performance of Kreisler's Tambourin Chinois. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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News
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos sues luthier for snapping $80,000 bow
The artist took his bow to a violin shop in California to investigate the cause of a curvature
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Article
Violinist Nicola Benedetti's bow goes flying
As violinist Nicola Benedetti rehearsed for a performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Edinburgh's Usher Hall last week, her bow went flying in a particularly vigorous passage. Thankfully, no damage was done to the bow. Subscribe to The ...
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Focus
There's more to making a good sound than bowing parallel to the bridge
In our July 2006 issue, cellist Gerhard Mantel writes that there's more to good tone production than keeping the bow parallel to the bridge
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Article
Violinist Ray Chen has his bow rehaired
Queen Elisabeth and Menuhin Competitions winner Ray Chen visits The Violin Studio in Brisbane to have his bow rehaired and tries out various instruments. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here ...
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Article
US bow maker William Salchow dies aged 88
The New York-based craftsman had a 50-year career and was a formative influence on the next generation of makers
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Debate
Embrace the difference
Luthiers often have more experience than players of Baroque instruments and bows. So, says US bow maker David Hawthorne, they should be fearless in producing authentic equipment to enlighten and inform
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Article
Double blow for cellist
Airport security check that resulted in broken bow also damaged Alban Gerhardt's cello
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Article
Bow maker Benoît Rolland receives $500k MacArthur grant
The French bow maker Benoît Rolland has been named one of 23 recipients of this year's MacArthur Fellowship, a $500,000 no-strings-attached 'genius grant' from the MacArthur Foundation. Rolland trained as a violinist before studying bow making in Mirecourt with Bernard Ouchard. After working as a bow maker in ...
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