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Tortoiseshell Frog Repair & Gold Wrap Replacement This gold and tortoiseshell frog had a missing section on the underslide near the grip. The area was particularly transparent, making the damage ...
Repairing a Bow with Breaks Near the Frog Mortise This bow had a couple of significant breaks near the frog mortise. While I don’t have pictures of the clamping process, here’s the complete step-by-step ...
Fixing a Bulging Bow Ring Ferrule Fixing a bow ring ferrule that’s bulging can be a necessary step when rehairing a bow. If left unchecked, the ferrule might not seat properly, affecting the bow’s performance. ...
Here is a violin top where the wood was worn away, most likeley by the case's bow holder.   I wan't too happy with this one so I reworked the varnish. I'll look ...
  Here are some unusual bow plugs.     Here are some photos of a P & H Bows (London), it's the one with a plastic frog. I have seen ...
... is an expermental repair, that should hold up for years and only took a few minutes of repair time. Here are the steps. Glue the Crack Trim a piece of fiber that's a little bigger than the frog and ...
When rehairing bows, sometimes you run across a frog where someone has drilled a hole so they can use a pin. Unfortunately they also drill a hole into the mortise so the hair will fit using the ...
... that goes under the ring.   Sometimes bow slides are missing a little chunk of mother of perl. If it's a nece bow you just need to fit a new slide. For other bows a temporary ...
When rehairing a bow and the frog is not seated correctly on the stick, it neds to be adjusted. Use a pair of needle nose plyers, don't use the bow's screw because you can easily wreck the lining. Usually ...
Sometimes when rehairing a student bow, the tongue is almost completely missing. If that's the case, fitting a wedge will not hold. Usually it's not worth making a new ebony tongue or fitting a new frog. ...
... a vice whick made it perfectly flat. Then rehaired the bow. .  ...
When a block is stuck or glued in, you need to carefully remove the block. Drill a small hole and then whittle away the block from the inside out.
Here is another bow where it is broken near the tip. In this case the break didn't go all the way through. The frist step is making sure nothing is stuck in the break. Then glue and wrap the bow tightly. ...
This bow had the back of the tip break and the back of the bow mortice blow out. Here are the repair steps and some photos. Carefully glue the broken piece back Remove the damaged tip Fit a piece ...
When should I rehair my bow? Most of the hair is broken from playing The hair has been eaten by Carpet Beetle Larvae The hair is very old and britle Putting rosin on the hair and it still seems ...
Here are some unusual bow plugs.     Here are some photos of a P & H Bows (London), it's the one with a plastic frog. I have seen lots of ...
These are bows that I have repaired over the years. Interestingly in February 2017 there were six bows with broken off heads that I had worked on or was in the process of working on. Another head break ...
I don't see this too often, someone put a lined tip on top of another lining.       Fitting Violin bow tips.  ...
19. Bow Frog Repair Methods
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Sometimes when you are rehairing a bow, you remove the ring off a frog and there is nothing holding the broken tongue together. Where there is a large crack surface area it can be glued back together. ...
A nice old violin that had very ruff varnish texture on the top.     This violin had some blackish overvarnish.     Another Violin with ...
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