Violin bow rehair and repair : with drawings by the author / Harry S. Wake.

Author/creator Wake, Harry Sebastian
Format Book
EditionRevised edition.
Publication InfoSouth Glastonbury, CT : Wake Publishing, ©1975, 2003.
Description92 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface -- Getting started: a bow holding device -- Tools and supplies -- Bow rehairing process -- Putting in the bow hair -- The bow hair -- The bow tip -- A worn bow frog mortise -- The French polishing technique -- Crack at the frog end of the bow -- Loose bow screw -- The brass nut -- A broken cow tip -- A bent bow -- Wrapping on the bow stick -- Replacing the bow end -- A bow broken in half -- Pernambuco wood dowels -- A break near the bow head -- A bow carrying case -- Rosin salvage -- Sheet [one and two]: Violin bow rehairing fixture -- Merchandise suppliers -- Active associations of violin makers -- Violin-making schools in the U.S. -- Books by Harry S. Wake -- Video tapes by Harry S. Wake.
General note"Revised and reprinted 2003"--Title page verso.
General noteList of merchandise suppliers revised 4/07/99; List of active associations of violin makers and list of violin making schools in the U.S. both revised February 2001.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteComb bound.
LCCN 81186555
ISBN0960704817 (paperback)
ISBN9780960704811 (paperback)