Callier-Scollard Violins
Craig Scollard

50 E. Green St. Suite 142
Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 795-2870

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While in the process of rehairing a bow, you slide the ring off and the edge of the frog is broken and loose or it just falls off. Ugh. If it's an inexpensive bow and it lines up perfectly you can just ...
2. Loose bow wrapping
( General » Repairs )
When rehairing bows, sometimes the wrapping and the grip is loose. For those I do a quick fix and repair the existing wrapping. With this example the end of the wrapping was secure. Slide the grip ...
  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 ...
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 ...
... farther away from the stick. Both of these methods should have the grain at a 45 degree angle, which is much stronger but the repair is more apparent. I run across a lot of bows that break again because ...
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. ...
Over the years I have had many customers bring in bows where the screw was frozen. My preferred method of removing the screw is to soak it in WD40 for several weeks. At time I have run across a few bows ...
9. Paul Callier Bows
( General » History )
This is a Baroque bow that Paul made in the 80s, I made the frog.  
10. Instruments and Bows
( General » History )
Here are various instruments and bows that were made by F.J. Callier.                ...
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. ...
There are two things that hold the tension of the hair. The bow nut and the bottom of the hole that the screw turns in. Over time on some older bows, the screw will sometimes start drilling into the ...
Here are the general steps to rehair a bow. Violin bows are still $ 22 if you leave them for one week. I can do them sooner if needed but I charge a little extra. This one week service allows me to spread ...
... to have time to eat the hair, so play daily. Keep unused bows out of a dark place and have them stored in a sealed plastic bow bag. If you don't have a bow bag, then wrapping the bow with cellophane plastic ...
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 ...
17. Bow Frog Repair Methods
( General » Information )
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. ...
18. Callier Statue Collection
( General » History )
Over the years Paul collected many French bows and Hill bows and collected many statues, eventually he sold the bows but here are the photos of his statue collection.  ...
Thumb grips tend to wear down. Once you have worn down the leather you should have the grip replaced. I have seen lots of nice bows that have a large indent in the stick which could have easily been prevented ...
20. Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass Repairs
( General » Repairs )
... Crack Repair Cello Crack Repair Bass Crack Repair Broken Bows Open Seams Violin Seams Viola Seams Cello Seams Bass Seams Violin Bridges Viola Bridges Cello Bridges Bass Bridges ...
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